On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of manW. Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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... cause they possess this instrument : and how truly philosophical is the opposite reflection , that man is not superior to other animals be- cause he possesses this instrument ; but he is provided with such an instrument precisely be- cause ...
... cause they possess this instrument : and how truly philosophical is the opposite reflection , that man is not superior to other animals be- cause he possesses this instrument ; but he is provided with such an instrument precisely be- cause ...
الصفحة 15
... cause of this remarkable difference . Is it not indeed obvious on a moment's reflection , that the very helplessness and imperfect state of the physical powers in infancy , so ill understood and appreciated , though so beautifully ...
... cause of this remarkable difference . Is it not indeed obvious on a moment's reflection , that the very helplessness and imperfect state of the physical powers in infancy , so ill understood and appreciated , though so beautifully ...
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... causes and relations . And although it may appear at first view that a very disproportionately long period of our life is devoted to the mere exercise of the senses , it is yet highly probable that im- portant mental operations may be ...
... causes and relations . And although it may appear at first view that a very disproportionately long period of our life is devoted to the mere exercise of the senses , it is yet highly probable that im- portant mental operations may be ...
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... cause : or , if he deny this " to be the effect of foresight and skill , I would " ask , what is there that foresight and skill do " effect ? For surely where chance or fortune " act , we see not this correspondence and regu- larity of ...
... cause : or , if he deny this " to be the effect of foresight and skill , I would " ask , what is there that foresight and skill do " effect ? For surely where chance or fortune " act , we see not this correspondence and regu- larity of ...
الصفحة 63
... cause which would raise a rational state of the faculties to delirium , would raise an idiotic only to a natural state : as , in a similar manner , wine is observed to modify the charac- ters of individuals of different temperaments ...
... cause which would raise a rational state of the faculties to delirium , would raise an idiotic only to a natural state : as , in a similar manner , wine is observed to modify the charac- ters of individuals of different temperaments ...
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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...