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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... touch , to distinguish it from a fragment of transpa- rent quartz , or rock crystal : indeed the transfer of the original term xpúrraλos , from the one to the other , shows the close resemblance of the two . Some minerals again so ...
... touch , to distinguish it from a fragment of transpa- rent quartz , or rock crystal : indeed the transfer of the original term xpúrraλos , from the one to the other , shows the close resemblance of the two . Some minerals again so ...
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... touch , to that of the spider ? And yet , even if we entirely omit the consideration of the soul , that immaterial and immortal principle which is for a time united to his body , and view him only in his merely animal character , man is ...
... touch , to that of the spider ? And yet , even if we entirely omit the consideration of the soul , that immaterial and immortal principle which is for a time united to his body , and view him only in his merely animal character , man is ...
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... touch them with every part of itself ; but it also can securely hold substances of a plane or of a concave surface ; and , consequently , it can hold substances of any form . " And , because many bodies are of too great a size to be ...
... touch them with every part of itself ; but it also can securely hold substances of a plane or of a concave surface ; and , consequently , it can hold substances of any form . " And , because many bodies are of too great a size to be ...
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... touch , which are the great inlets of knowledge , are possessed by many of the inferior classes of animals in common with ourselves , by some indeed in a more exquisite degree ; since also those animals are capable of re- membering past ...
... touch , which are the great inlets of knowledge , are possessed by many of the inferior classes of animals in common with ourselves , by some indeed in a more exquisite degree ; since also those animals are capable of re- membering past ...
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... touch . If , in ascending still higher the scale of animal existence , we examine the nervous system of fish , reptiles , birds , and quadrupeds , we find that those parts which are subservient to the nutrition of the individual , and ...
... touch . If , in ascending still higher the scale of animal existence , we examine the nervous system of fish , reptiles , birds , and quadrupeds , we find that those parts which are subservient to the nutrition of the individual , and ...
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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...