On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man: Principally with Reference to the Supply of His Wants, and the Exercise of His Intellectual FacultiesW. Pickering, 1833 - 280 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 22
... greater extent than those of the back ; and the vertebræ of the back admit of flexion and extension to a greater degree than those of the neck ; while the vertebræ of the loins , being intended for 22 PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF MAN .
... greater extent than those of the back ; and the vertebræ of the back admit of flexion and extension to a greater degree than those of the neck ; while the vertebræ of the loins , being intended for 22 PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF MAN .
الصفحة 36
... greater and less than itself . And in order to enable it to apply itself to objects of various shapes , it is evidently most convenient that it should be divided into many parts , as it is : and it seems to be better * Lib . i . cap . 5 ...
... greater and less than itself . And in order to enable it to apply itself to objects of various shapes , it is evidently most convenient that it should be divided into many parts , as it is : and it seems to be better * Lib . i . cap . 5 ...
الصفحة 44
... greater indications of intelligence than many species much higher in the scale of animal creation , it may be answered that those indications are manifested in actions which are referable to instinct , rather than intelligence ; actions ...
... greater indications of intelligence than many species much higher in the scale of animal creation , it may be answered that those indications are manifested in actions which are referable to instinct , rather than intelligence ; actions ...
الصفحة 45
... greater darkness than we were before ; of which the follow- ing extraordinary attempt , with reference to the very principle now under consideration , is a sufficient illus- tration . It is quoted from an author of the name of Wagner ...
... greater darkness than we were before ; of which the follow- ing extraordinary attempt , with reference to the very principle now under consideration , is a sufficient illus- tration . It is quoted from an author of the name of Wagner ...
الصفحة 47
... greater symmetry of structure in the whole individual , additional compo- nent parts of the nervous system , and a greater de- gree of regularity in the distribution of these super- added parts . Thus in those classes of animals which ...
... greater symmetry of structure in the whole individual , additional compo- nent parts of the nervous system , and a greater de- gree of regularity in the distribution of these super- added parts . Thus in those classes of animals which ...
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الصفحة 22 - ... then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
الصفحة 181 - The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament showeth his handy work. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.
الصفحة 184 - 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 ? 26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
الصفحة 95 - Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
الصفحة 166 - 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 100 - ... the merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble...
الصفحة 133 - ... mark ; but the coral sand and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation, surpassed the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property...
الصفحة 77 - ... of different sizes, the most common being made of mud and sticks like an oven, but the mode of raising the steam is exactly the same. Among both these nations it is very uncommon for a man to bathe alone, he is generally accompanied by one, or sometimes several of his acquaintances ; indeed it is so essentially a social amusement, that to decline going in to bathe when invited by a friend, is one of the highest indignities which can be offered to him.