The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation, Volume 1Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836 - Natural theology |
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... mechanical purpose ; and the resinous and other principles on which its nutritive and medicinal virtues depend , cease to be developed . In some instances , however , the bleaching or etiolation of plants is useful in correcting the ...
... mechanical purpose ; and the resinous and other principles on which its nutritive and medicinal virtues depend , cease to be developed . In some instances , however , the bleaching or etiolation of plants is useful in correcting the ...
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... mechanical means are capable of being applied to that purpose , who does not see the advantages of the common windmill , even where other means are available , which in many places they would not be ? but windmills would themselves be ...
... mechanical means are capable of being applied to that purpose , who does not see the advantages of the common windmill , even where other means are available , which in many places they would not be ? but windmills would themselves be ...
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... mechanical processes , did not feel an interest in observing the form which the roofing - slate takes under the bill of the slater ; or the ease with which the gun- flint is formed into its peculiar shape by a few strokes of a light ...
... mechanical processes , did not feel an interest in observing the form which the roofing - slate takes under the bill of the slater ; or the ease with which the gun- flint is formed into its peculiar shape by a few strokes of a light ...
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... mechanical instrument , so as accurately to fit the frames in which it is fixed for the above purposes , we at once see the value of a substance which easily and readily accomplishes that end . A small diamond no larger than a mustard ...
... mechanical instrument , so as accurately to fit the frames in which it is fixed for the above purposes , we at once see the value of a substance which easily and readily accomplishes that end . A small diamond no larger than a mustard ...
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... mechanical services which it renders to man : it is almost indeed the rival of the horse , even when compared in a general point of view ; but more than its rival in its particular arena , the desert . The reindeer assists the ...
... mechanical services which it renders to man : it is almost indeed the rival of the horse , even when compared in a general point of view ; but more than its rival in its particular arena , the desert . The reindeer assists the ...
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Page 168 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 23 - ... then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Page 195 - President, should be appointed to write, print and publish one thousand copies of a work, on the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation; illustrating such work, by all reasonable arguments, as, for instance, the variety and formation of God's creatures in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms; the effect of digestion, and, thereby, of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments; as also by discoveries, ancient and modern,...
Page 162 - For the handling of final causes, mixed with the rest in physical inquiries, hath intercepted the severe and diligent inquiry of all real and physical causes...
Page 2 - His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUK.E OF SUSSEX, President of the Royal Society, having desired that no unnecessary delay should take place in the publication of the above mentioned Treatises, they will appear at short intervals, as they are ready for publication.
Page 145 - This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God...
Page 136 - THE heavens declare the glory of GOD ; And the firmament showeth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard.
Page 104 - The new bank is not long in being visited by sea-birds: salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed ; a cocoa-nut, or the drupe of a pandanus, is thrown on shore ^ land birds visit it, and deposit the seeds of shrubs and trees ; every high tide, and still more every gale, adds something to the bank ; the form of an island is gradually assumed ; and last of all, comes man to take possession.
Page 72 - Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
Page 56 - Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. For Hot, Cold, Moist and Dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mastery...