An Essay on the Philosophy, Study and Use of Natural HistoryWhite, Cochrane, 1813 - 236페이지 |
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... on an occasion like this , but which are deeply engraven upon my heart . Farewell - and , that you may long con . tinue to be the ornament of your own particular circle of society , by the display of your xii DEDICATION .
... on an occasion like this , but which are deeply engraven upon my heart . Farewell - and , that you may long con . tinue to be the ornament of your own particular circle of society , by the display of your xii DEDICATION .
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... , no miscon ceptions can arise from regarding them as such ; since I merely wish , on the present occasion , to mark the agency of those fluids . Minerals are such concreted bodies , with- out either life NATURAL HISTORY . 7.
... , no miscon ceptions can arise from regarding them as such ; since I merely wish , on the present occasion , to mark the agency of those fluids . Minerals are such concreted bodies , with- out either life NATURAL HISTORY . 7.
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... occasion , the commerce of nations , and its consequent advantages , were discovered , appreciated , and procured ! Let him thus employ his mind , but for a few moments , and he must find that it was to an exami- nation and knowledge of ...
... occasion , the commerce of nations , and its consequent advantages , were discovered , appreciated , and procured ! Let him thus employ his mind , but for a few moments , and he must find that it was to an exami- nation and knowledge of ...
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... occasion to ask the cause of such pleasing results , when it is considered that , of all the sciences , this brings her votaries to a nearer approach , and to a closer intimacy with Nature's GOD , and shows them that His majesty ...
... occasion to ask the cause of such pleasing results , when it is considered that , of all the sciences , this brings her votaries to a nearer approach , and to a closer intimacy with Nature's GOD , and shows them that His majesty ...
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... occasion . frigid systems of philosophy , melancholy views of life , and , too often , infidelity , with all her black train of evils ; —the study of Natural History is not only productive of incalculable advantages to mankind in ge ...
... occasion . frigid systems of philosophy , melancholy views of life , and , too often , infidelity , with all her black train of evils ; —the study of Natural History is not only productive of incalculable advantages to mankind in ge ...
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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.