On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of manW. Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 61
... comparatively weak ; or , if it do not supply the nerves of sight and smell , there is no part of the body which it does apparently sup- ply with nerves : and then the conclusion presses upon us with peculiar force , that the brain is ...
... comparatively weak ; or , if it do not supply the nerves of sight and smell , there is no part of the body which it does apparently sup- ply with nerves : and then the conclusion presses upon us with peculiar force , that the brain is ...
الصفحة 74
... comparatively greater degree of intel- ligence manifested by the young of other ani- mals , of the higher orders at least , than by the human infant . But it is very worthy of observation , that those parts of the human brain , which ...
... comparatively greater degree of intel- ligence manifested by the young of other ani- mals , of the higher orders at least , than by the human infant . But it is very worthy of observation , that those parts of the human brain , which ...
الصفحة 86
... and the nervous system remains comparatively in- active ; the whole body acquiring by this tem- porary cessation of its energies a renovated ac- cumulation of those powers , which are necessary for the 86 ADAPTATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
... and the nervous system remains comparatively in- active ; the whole body acquiring by this tem- porary cessation of its energies a renovated ac- cumulation of those powers , which are necessary for the 86 ADAPTATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
الصفحة 89
... nearly equal proportion between day and night , there are comparatively few nights in which there is not diffused through the air a sufficient quantity of light for many of the purposes of life TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN . 89.
... nearly equal proportion between day and night , there are comparatively few nights in which there is not diffused through the air a sufficient quantity of light for many of the purposes of life TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN . 89.
الصفحة 103
... comparatively early period of his life , to deliver a letter of introduction to Dr. Wollaston at a moment when that philosopher was engaged in conducting an electric current , by means of the Voltaic apparatus , through three portions ...
... comparatively early period of his life , to deliver a letter of introduction to Dr. Wollaston at a moment when that philosopher was engaged in conducting an electric current , by means of the Voltaic apparatus , through three portions ...
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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...