Nature of the material worldLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834 - Natural history |
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... kind a request at that particular period ; but being a little more at liberty not long afterwards , he readily consented , on a second application by Dr. Lettsom and other Directors ; and the en- suing volumes contain the course of ...
... kind a request at that particular period ; but being a little more at liberty not long afterwards , he readily consented , on a second application by Dr. Lettsom and other Directors ; and the en- suing volumes contain the course of ...
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... kind ; and no language ever had or ever will have a term precisely struck out for the purpose of representing such an idea , and exclu- sively appropriated to it : and assuredly there could be no such word at the time Moses first spoke ...
... kind ; and no language ever had or ever will have a term precisely struck out for the purpose of representing such an idea , and exclu- sively appropriated to it : and assuredly there could be no such word at the time Moses first spoke ...
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... kind or description , whether suns , stars , comets , or planets ; though the mode by which such efforts have been produced has been variously accounted for . Des Cartes seems to have supposed stars to have preceded planets in the order ...
... kind or description , whether suns , stars , comets , or planets ; though the mode by which such efforts have been produced has been variously accounted for . Des Cartes seems to have supposed stars to have preceded planets in the order ...
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... kind , if indeed it does not bear indubitable proofs of being fitted for incor- ruptibility . In its elementary principles it is main- tained by the best schools of both ancient and modern times to be solid and unchangeable ; and , even ...
... kind , if indeed it does not bear indubitable proofs of being fitted for incor- ruptibility . In its elementary principles it is main- tained by the best schools of both ancient and modern times to be solid and unchangeable ; and , even ...
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... kind ; but it by no means establishes that such in- fluence is a material one . † Is it enquired to what important point these abstruse speculations lead ? I may reply , among others , to the following : - First , to a probability , if ...
... kind ; but it by no means establishes that such in- fluence is a material one . † Is it enquired to what important point these abstruse speculations lead ? I may reply , among others , to the following : - First , to a probability , if ...
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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.