Nature of the material worldLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834 - Natural history |
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... facts , each following the other in a regular series : first , an absolute creation of the heaven and the earth , which , we are expressly told , took place foremost , or in the beginning ; next , the condition of the earth when it was ...
... facts , each following the other in a regular series : first , an absolute creation of the heaven and the earth , which , we are expressly told , took place foremost , or in the beginning ; next , the condition of the earth when it was ...
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... facts , but for general use . The creation of the world , or of any thing whatever , out of no- thing , is a fact of this kind ; and no language ever had or ever will have a term precisely struck out for the purpose of representing such ...
... facts , but for general use . The creation of the world , or of any thing whatever , out of no- thing , is a fact of this kind ; and no language ever had or ever will have a term precisely struck out for the purpose of representing such ...
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... fact , that within the period of the last century , not less than thirteen stars in different constellations , none of them below the sixth magnitude , seem totally to have perished : forty to have changed their magnitude by becoming ...
... fact , that within the period of the last century , not less than thirteen stars in different constellations , none of them below the sixth magnitude , seem totally to have perished : forty to have changed their magnitude by becoming ...
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... fact is scarcely controvertible ; it is foretold by revelation , it is inscribed in the hea- vens , it is felt throughout the earth . Such is the awful and daily text ; what , then , ought to be the comment ? 25 LECTURE II . ON THE ...
... fact is scarcely controvertible ; it is foretold by revelation , it is inscribed in the hea- vens , it is felt throughout the earth . Such is the awful and daily text ; what , then , ought to be the comment ? 25 LECTURE II . ON THE ...
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... fact , incapable of ascertaining whether they be matter at all , whether mere qualities of matter , or whether some other more subtle and spiritualised substances * , intermix- * See Young's Lectures , vol . ii . p . 742. lect . lx ...
... fact , incapable of ascertaining whether they be matter at all , whether mere qualities of matter , or whether some other more subtle and spiritualised substances * , intermix- * See Young's Lectures , vol . ii . p . 742. lect . lx ...
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acid action already observed animal animal and vegetable appears Aristotle Aristoxenus arteries atmosphere atoms attraction birds blood bodies bones called capable carbone carbonic acid cause chiefly chyle common compound conceived consequence consists constitutes cotyledon curious cuticle Cuvier degree denominated distinct doctrine earth elementary Empedocles Epicurus equally eternal existence fibres fishes fluid formation gastric juice gneiss gravitation harmony heat hence hypothesis infinite divisibility insects instances irritability kind lacteals laws lecture less Lucretius lungs manner mass material matter means mineral minute motion muscles muscular nature organs origin oxyde oxygene particles peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions phænomena Phil philosophers plants Plato possess present principle produced properties proportion putrefaction Pythagoras quadrupeds radicles regarded rocks secernent secreted seeds skin solid species stomach substance supposed surface theory thing traced Trans tree tribes vapour variety various veins vessels visible whole worms zoophytes
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Page 40 - From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Page 185 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Page 20 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Page 18 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 60 - While the Particles continue entire, they may compose Bodies of one and the same Nature and Texture in all Ages : But should they wear away, or break in pieces, the Nature of Things depending on them would be changed.