On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of manW. Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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... afford one of the readiest sub- jects of physical demonstration . And although , with respect to the brain , we not only have no satisfactory evidence , but cannot even form a probable conjecture , of the use or mode of ac- tion of any ...
... afford one of the readiest sub- jects of physical demonstration . And although , with respect to the brain , we not only have no satisfactory evidence , but cannot even form a probable conjecture , of the use or mode of ac- tion of any ...
الصفحة 105
... afford , to the comfort of myriads of individuals ; who , were it not for this source of supply , would be , in their present state , in total want of one of the principal necessaries of life . In many populous districts of this island ...
... afford , to the comfort of myriads of individuals ; who , were it not for this source of supply , would be , in their present state , in total want of one of the principal necessaries of life . In many populous districts of this island ...
الصفحة 154
... for the re- newed exertion of his bodily powers : and very few are the situations which do not afford con- venient materials for the purposes of build- ing . In 154 ADAPTATION OF MINERALS Application of Minerals to Architecture Sculpture.
... for the re- newed exertion of his bodily powers : and very few are the situations which do not afford con- venient materials for the purposes of build- ing . In 154 ADAPTATION OF MINERALS Application of Minerals to Architecture Sculpture.
الصفحة 176
... afford upon the whole the best il- lustration . SECT . V. Beds of Gravel . Few subjects would at the first view appear more barren of interest than a bed of gravel ; consisting , as it usually does , of nothing but fragments of broken ...
... afford upon the whole the best il- lustration . SECT . V. Beds of Gravel . Few subjects would at the first view appear more barren of interest than a bed of gravel ; consisting , as it usually does , of nothing but fragments of broken ...
الصفحة 200
... afford the means of a ready supply : and , throughout a considerable part of the sandy districts of Africa and Asia , the soil itself abounds with it . The abundant supply of common salt e It does not belong to our present purpose to ...
... afford the means of a ready supply : and , throughout a considerable part of the sandy districts of Africa and Asia , the soil itself abounds with it . The abundant supply of common salt e It does not belong to our present purpose to ...
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الصفحة 276 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
الصفحة 256 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers: And such she was; — her daughters had their dowers From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless East Pour'd in her lap all gems in sparkling showers.
الصفحة 40 - ... then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun...
الصفحة 280 - Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground ? When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rye in their place ? For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
الصفحة xii - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God as manifested in the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man.
الصفحة 156 - Or view the Lord of the unerring bow, The God of Life, and Poesy, and Light — The Sun in human limbs arrayed, and brow All radiant from his triumph in the fight ; The shaft hath just been shot— the arrow bright With an Immortal's vengeance— in his eye And nostril beautiful Disdain, and Might And Majesty, flash their full lightnings by, Developing in that one glance the Deity.
الصفحة 17 - Tum porro puer, ut saevis proiectus ab undis Navita, nudus humi iacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio, cum primum in luminis oras Nixibus ex alvo matris natura profudit, Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut aecumst Cui tantum in vita restet transire malorum.
الصفحة i - The Bridgewater Treatises on the power, wisdom and goodness of God as manifested in the Creation.
الصفحة xi - Pounds sterling ; this sum, with the accruing dividends thereon, to be held at the disposal of the President, for the time being, of the Royal Society of London, to be paid to the person or persons nominated by him. The Testator...
الصفحة 209 - ... high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ; and remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a Key, upon the top of the reef. The new bank is not long in being visited by...