On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of manW. Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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... surfaces , are thus best calculated to support the perpen- dicular pressure of the superincumbent parts . The effect of general strength is further accom- plished by the mutual locking in of the project- ing portions , or processes , of ...
... surfaces , are thus best calculated to support the perpen- dicular pressure of the superincumbent parts . The effect of general strength is further accom- plished by the mutual locking in of the project- ing portions , or processes , of ...
الصفحة 25
... surface of objects presented to it ; with their anatomy , as it were , rather than with their physiology : but , in the mean time , it is thus acquainting itself undistractedly with those sen- sible qualities , with which it must ...
... surface of objects presented to it ; with their anatomy , as it were , rather than with their physiology : but , in the mean time , it is thus acquainting itself undistractedly with those sen- sible qualities , with which it must ...
الصفحة 35
... surface ; and , consequently , it can " hold substances of any form . 66 " And , because many bodies are of too great a size to be held by one hand alone , nature " has therefore made each hand an assistant to " its fellow ; so that the ...
... surface ; and , consequently , it can " hold substances of any form . 66 " And , because many bodies are of too great a size to be held by one hand alone , nature " has therefore made each hand an assistant to " its fellow ; so that the ...
الصفحة 36
... mode of action , which they are observed to haves ; while in the feet , where " extent of surface is wanted for support , all the g Lib . ii . cap . 9 . 66 66 h " toes are arranged in the same plane . 36 POWERS OF THE HUMAN HAND ,
... mode of action , which they are observed to haves ; while in the feet , where " extent of surface is wanted for support , all the g Lib . ii . cap . 9 . 66 66 h " toes are arranged in the same plane . 36 POWERS OF THE HUMAN HAND ,
الصفحة 50
... surface of the brain arise several pairs of nerves which are princi- pally distributed upon the organs of the distinct senses , and the muscles of the face : and it is worthy of observation , that while the nerves of the 50 NERVOUS ...
... surface of the brain arise several pairs of nerves which are princi- pally distributed upon the organs of the distinct senses , and the muscles of the face : and it is worthy of observation , that while the nerves of the 50 NERVOUS ...
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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...