An Essay on the Philosophy, Study and Use of Natural HistoryWhite, Cochrane, 1813 - 236페이지 |
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Charles Fothergill. pilers of dictionaries , should obtain the character of Naturalists . Under feelings of this nature I have felt it my duty to say something of the pursuit in general , comprehended in wider limits than it may have ...
Charles Fothergill. pilers of dictionaries , should obtain the character of Naturalists . Under feelings of this nature I have felt it my duty to say something of the pursuit in general , comprehended in wider limits than it may have ...
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Charles Fothergill. Minerals are such concreted bodies , with- out either life or feeling , as constitute the form and substance of this globe : -vege- tables have organization and life ; but , ap- parently , no feeling , and they clothe ...
Charles Fothergill. Minerals are such concreted bodies , with- out either life or feeling , as constitute the form and substance of this globe : -vege- tables have organization and life ; but , ap- parently , no feeling , and they clothe ...
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... feelings or notions , possessed the most interest , for the first subjects of his investigation ; and , that animals are more interesting than vegetables , or minerals , there can surely be no doubt ; since they alone , of all the works ...
... feelings or notions , possessed the most interest , for the first subjects of his investigation ; and , that animals are more interesting than vegetables , or minerals , there can surely be no doubt ; since they alone , of all the works ...
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... feeling which has been frequently noticed in the same in- telligent animals , but which has seldom been so beautifully ... feelings ; and have the power of beholding departed spirits , as they glide through the * The Odyssey , book 17th ...
... feeling which has been frequently noticed in the same in- telligent animals , but which has seldom been so beautifully ... feelings ; and have the power of beholding departed spirits , as they glide through the * The Odyssey , book 17th ...
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... to be the lord : it is to shew him that he can obtain rank only as he refines the feelings of his heart ; cultivates his understanding ; fulfils his higher duties ; and endeavours so far to comprehend the 82 PHILOSOPHY OF.
... to be the lord : it is to shew him that he can obtain rank only as he refines the feelings of his heart ; cultivates his understanding ; fulfils his higher duties ; and endeavours so far to comprehend the 82 PHILOSOPHY OF.
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84 페이지 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
165 페이지 - Necessity, that imperious all-pervading law of nature, restrains them within the prescribed bounds. The race of plants and the race of animals shrink under this great restrictive law. And the race of man cannot, by any efforts of reason, escape from it.
81 페이지 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man...
197 페이지 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
191 페이지 - In vain, or not for admirable ends. Shall little haughty ignorance pronounce His works unwise, of which the smallest part Exceeds the narrow vision of her mind? As if upon a...
97 페이지 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
179 페이지 - Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm.
199 페이지 - But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night...
81 페이지 - From different natures marvellously' mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds*! Distinguished link in being's endless chain*! Midway from nothing' to the Deity*! A beam ethereal', sullied', and absorpt*! Though sullied*, and dishonour'd', still divine*? Dim miniature' of greatness absolute*! An heir of glory/! a frail child of dust*! Helpless immortal'! insect infinite*! A worm'! a god*! — I tremble' at myself, And in myself am lost*!
74 페이지 - He knew his lord ; he knew, and strove to meet ; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.