| 1839 - 532 pages
...always supplied. Such a conclusion must have occurred to King Solomon, the Sacred Preacher, who says, " All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come thither they return again. " Ecoles. 1. 7. But a body cannot be kept always in motion, without... | |
| 1839 - 596 pages
...respecting his agency, all the GEOLOGISTS are only SPECULATORS. This they can tell for a certainty, that all the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place Irom whence the rivers came, thither they return again. Why should persons lose their time in fruitless... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1839 - 410 pages
...the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full ; unto the place whence the rivers come, thither shall they return again." — Ecclesiastes, chap. i. P. 45, 1. 4. Even... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1839 - 408 pages
...unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again aceording to his eireuits. All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full ; unto the plaee whence the rivers come, thither shall they return again." — Eeele-. siastes, chap. i. P. 9,... | |
| THOMAS WEMYSS - 1840 - 560 pages
...RIVER, may be considered in several views. 1. In respect of its original, and return thither. Eccl. i. 7, " All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full : to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again." According to this consideration,... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1840 - 370 pages
...conformity to what was long ago stated by an inspired Naturalist : " All the rivers run into the sea, and yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers came, thither do they return again," but, before they regain their former place, they make n circuit over our heads... | |
| Thomas Wemyss - 1840 - 536 pages
...be considered in several views. 1. In respect of its original, and return thither. Eccl. i. 7, " AH the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again." According to this consideration,... | |
| Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1873 - 674 pages
...science of meteorology, as we find it beautifully and concisely stated in the following verse, — " All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full — unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again." Much has been written and much said about the available proportion... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...about continually ; am the wind returneth again, according to his circuit."— r»r.6. ' All the riven run come, thither they return again." — f«r. 7. ' Then shall the dust return to the earth, as it was... | |
| Richard Brown (architect.) - 1841 - 618 pages
...from these never-failing reservoirs abundant supplies of moisture. " All rivers," says the preacher, " run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place from whence they come, thither they return again." (Eccles. i. 7.) Thus the immense and inconceivable quantities... | |
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