 Among the problems proposed by that true-spirited but eccentric philosopher, Sir Thomas Browne, is one, " Why, among Sea-stars, Nature chiefly delighteth in five points ?" and in his Garden of Cyrus he observes, "By the same number (five) doth Nature...  The Garden of Cyrus.. - Side 30af Sir Thomas Browne - 1736 - 40 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Edward Forbes - 1841 - 302 sider
...chiefly delighteth in five points ?" and in his Garden of Cyrus he observes, "By the same number (five) doth Nature divide the circle of the Sea-star, and in that order and number disposeth those elegant semicircles or dental sockets and eggs in the Sea Hedge-hog." Among the lower... | |
 | James McCosh, George Dickie - 1856 - 562 sider
...among sea-stars, Nature chiefly delighteth in five points ?" and again, " By the same number (five) doth Nature divide the circle of the seastar, and in that order and number disposeth those elegant semicircles or dental sockets and eggs in the sea hedgehog." "Every plate of... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 630 sider
...delighteth in five points Î ' and in his ' Garden of Cyrus ' he observes, ' By the вате number (five) doth nature divide the circle of the SeaStar, and in that order and number disposeth those elegant semicircles or dental sockets and eggs in the Sea-Hedgehog.' Among the lower... | |
 | Ernest Ingersoll - 1881 - 302 sider
...chiefly delighteth in five points 'I and in his Garden of Cyrus he observes : ' By the same number (five) doth nature divide the circle of the sea-star, and in that order and number disposeth those elegant semicircles or dental sockets and eggs in the sea hedge-hog '. Among the lower... | |
 | 1881 - 980 sider
...delighteth in five points ? ' and in his ' Garden of Cygnus' he observes: ' By the same number, five, dotli Nature divide the circle of the sea-star, and in that order and number disposeth those elegant gum-circles or dental sockets and eggs in the sea-hedgehog.' " Through all... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1927 - 240 sider
...maketh five circles equall unto k felf9 in each progrefie ffom thofe quarters, abfolving an eqoall circle, By the fame number doth nature divide the circle of the Sea-Starre, and in that order and number difpofeth thofe elegant Semi-circles , or dentall fockcts... | |
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