On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of manW. Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xv
... Coral Reefs . . . . . 204 III . Vegetables as a Source of Food 216 IV . Vegetables as applicable to Medicine 225 V. Vegetables as applicable to the Arts , & c . 232 Page CHAP . IX . ADAPTATION OF ANIMALS TO THE CONTENTS . XV.
... Coral Reefs . . . . . 204 III . Vegetables as a Source of Food 216 IV . Vegetables as applicable to Medicine 225 V. Vegetables as applicable to the Arts , & c . 232 Page CHAP . IX . ADAPTATION OF ANIMALS TO THE CONTENTS . XV.
الصفحة 204
... connected , that it would be injudi- cious to separate them . It may be collected from the observations of the French navigator , M. Péron , ( Ann . 204 ADAPTATION OF VEGETABLES The Cocoa-nut Tree, including the Formation of Coral Reefs.
... connected , that it would be injudi- cious to separate them . It may be collected from the observations of the French navigator , M. Péron , ( Ann . 204 ADAPTATION OF VEGETABLES The Cocoa-nut Tree, including the Formation of Coral Reefs.
الصفحة 205
... coral reefs or isles is very com- mon in the tropical parts of the Eastern and Pa- cific Ocean . And Captain Flinders says that the quantity of coral reefs between New Holland and New Caledonia and New Guinea , is such , that this might ...
... coral reefs or isles is very com- mon in the tropical parts of the Eastern and Pa- cific Ocean . And Captain Flinders says that the quantity of coral reefs between New Holland and New Caledonia and New Guinea , is such , that this might ...
الصفحة 206
... coral reefs ; which was at first mistaken by him for land . " This proved to 66 be , " he says , " another of those low or half- " drowned islands , or rather a large coral shoal , " of about twenty leagues in circuit . A very " small ...
... coral reefs ; which was at first mistaken by him for land . " This proved to 66 be , " he says , " another of those low or half- " drowned islands , or rather a large coral shoal , " of about twenty leagues in circuit . A very " small ...
الصفحة 207
... reef of coral rocks , extending out from the shore to the distance of six hundred feet and farther ; and on this ... reefs , the whole structure is very frequently disposed in the form of a crescent ; sometimes even ap- proaching to a ...
... reef of coral rocks , extending out from the shore to the distance of six hundred feet and farther ; and on this ... reefs , the whole structure is very frequently disposed in the form of a crescent ; sometimes even ap- proaching to a ...
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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...