Nature of the material worldLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834 - Natural history |
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... light , & c . " So , in another passage of the Yagur Veid , " Thou art Brahma ! thou art Vishnu ! thou art Kodra ! thou art Prajapat ! thou art Deïonta ! thou art air ! thou art Andri ! thou art the moon ! thou art substance ! thou art ...
... light , & c . " So , in another passage of the Yagur Veid , " Thou art Brahma ! thou art Vishnu ! thou art Kodra ! thou art Prajapat ! thou art Deïonta ! thou art air ! thou art Andri ! thou art the moon ! thou art substance ! thou art ...
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... light and fructifying seasons , as the sun gives light and fruitfulness to the earth , have utterly vanished , and the spots which they occupied in the heavens have become blanks . What has thus befallen other systems will assuredly ...
... light and fructifying seasons , as the sun gives light and fruitfulness to the earth , have utterly vanished , and the spots which they occupied in the heavens have become blanks . What has thus befallen other systems will assuredly ...
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... light . Though not essentially eternal , as was contended for by all the schools of Greece and Asia , nor essentially intelligent , as was contended for by several of them , it evinces in every part and in every operation the impress of ...
... light . Though not essentially eternal , as was contended for by all the schools of Greece and Asia , nor essentially intelligent , as was contended for by several of them , it evinces in every part and in every operation the impress of ...
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... light and the magnetic aura , we are not only wholly incapable of decomposing them by any process whatever , but even of deter- mining them to be ponderable , or to possess any the other common properties of matter , as extent and ...
... light and the magnetic aura , we are not only wholly incapable of decomposing them by any process whatever , but even of deter- mining them to be ponderable , or to possess any the other common properties of matter , as extent and ...
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... light at one or the other side of the vessels containing such solutions . Camphor displays a like affinity for light . All this , however , shows merely that light possesses an influence of some kind ; but it by no means establishes ...
... light at one or the other side of the vessels containing such solutions . Camphor displays a like affinity for light . All this , however , shows merely that light possesses an influence of some kind ; but it by no means establishes ...
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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.