An Essay on the Philosophy, Study and Use of Natural HistoryWhite, Cochrane, 1813 - 236페이지 |
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... superior amuse- ment ; since it would ill become one who has been accustomed to consider every hour that is not appropriated to profitable thinking , or useful exertion , as lost or mispent , silently to pass over an opportunity of ...
... superior amuse- ment ; since it would ill become one who has been accustomed to consider every hour that is not appropriated to profitable thinking , or useful exertion , as lost or mispent , silently to pass over an opportunity of ...
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... suffering millions ! Amongst the ancients , a few great examples still live in the records of history ; and , however superior the moderns may be in regard to the comforts of private life , and in the possession of xxvi PREFACE .
... suffering millions ! Amongst the ancients , a few great examples still live in the records of history ; and , however superior the moderns may be in regard to the comforts of private life , and in the possession of xxvi PREFACE .
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... superior , and a capacious mind ; but because , in his opinion , it was necessary for the emperor of the whole earth to make him- self acquainted with its various products . Hence it was that he cultivated this study with the greater ...
... superior , and a capacious mind ; but because , in his opinion , it was necessary for the emperor of the whole earth to make him- self acquainted with its various products . Hence it was that he cultivated this study with the greater ...
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... superior cast ; and , one long accustomed to the contemplation of the various images , inanimate , as well as animated , by which we are surrounded ; not as an idle spectator , whose curiosity is excited by some strange exhibition , as ...
... superior cast ; and , one long accustomed to the contemplation of the various images , inanimate , as well as animated , by which we are surrounded ; not as an idle spectator , whose curiosity is excited by some strange exhibition , as ...
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... the distinctions are sometimes so faintly marked as scarcely to be perceptible . When I speak of the immortal part of man , I mean , his claims to a superior state of existence , and to eternal life ; not any NATURAL HISTORY . 37.
... the distinctions are sometimes so faintly marked as scarcely to be perceptible . When I speak of the immortal part of man , I mean , his claims to a superior state of existence , and to eternal life ; not any NATURAL HISTORY . 37.
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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.