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 24
... human happiness and virtue . Whereas , were the infant born with all its powers complete , and capable of exerting those powers as soon as born , independently of the assistance of parent , or sister , or brother ; what would then ...
... human happiness and virtue . Whereas , were the infant born with all its powers complete , and capable of exerting those powers as soon as born , independently of the assistance of parent , or sister , or brother ; what would then ...
الصفحة 25
... human species . The comb of the bee indeed is in its construction wonder- ful ; and so is even the nest of the bird , or the habita- tion of the beaver : but these animals could never be taught to fabricate , or to use , the simplest of ...
... human species . The comb of the bee indeed is in its construction wonder- ful ; and so is even the nest of the bird , or the habita- tion of the beaver : but these animals could never be taught to fabricate , or to use , the simplest of ...
الصفحة 26
... human hand which gives the power of execution to the human mind ; and it is the rela- tive position of one of the fingers to the other four , which principally stamps the character of the hand ; for the thumb , by its capability of ...
... human hand which gives the power of execution to the human mind ; and it is the rela- tive position of one of the fingers to the other four , which principally stamps the character of the hand ; for the thumb , by its capability of ...
الصفحة 27
... human form , as well internally as ex- ternally , is so remarkable in particular species of the ape , that while some philosophers ( who however pro- ceeded without a knowledge or a due consideration of the true principles of the ...
... human form , as well internally as ex- ternally , is so remarkable in particular species of the ape , that while some philosophers ( who however pro- ceeded without a knowledge or a due consideration of the true principles of the ...
الصفحة 28
... human ; yet , unless in its functions it resembled that of man , in other words , unless there were associated with it his intellectual peculiarities and the moral and religious sense , to what dreaded conclusion would the closest ...
... human ; yet , unless in its functions it resembled that of man , in other words , unless there were associated with it his intellectual peculiarities and the moral and religious sense , to what dreaded conclusion would the closest ...
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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.