An Essay on the Philosophy, Study and Use of Natural HistoryWhite, Cochrane, 1813 - 236 sider |
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... manner , would become the rulers of a great and powerful empire like that of Britain ; whose territories , spread out into all the four quarters of the globe , present such grand opportunities , so many noble and almost unlimited fields ...
... manner , would become the rulers of a great and powerful empire like that of Britain ; whose territories , spread out into all the four quarters of the globe , present such grand opportunities , so many noble and almost unlimited fields ...
Side 14
... manner of its growth , and in finding the uses to which it may be applied , some- thing of importance to the business of life may be learnt . But , above all the individual considerations which might be urged , something ought surely to ...
... manner of its growth , and in finding the uses to which it may be applied , some- thing of importance to the business of life may be learnt . But , above all the individual considerations which might be urged , something ought surely to ...
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... manner in which they operate ; and it will soon appear , even to the most hebetated mind , in what manner they influence and govern the various pha- nomena in creation . I shall begin with the first , as the basis , or general medium ...
... manner in which they operate ; and it will soon appear , even to the most hebetated mind , in what manner they influence and govern the various pha- nomena in creation . I shall begin with the first , as the basis , or general medium ...
Side 24
... manner in which the earth is watered , affords one of the finest subjects for contemplation in Nature . The boundless ocean , whose billows break on every shore , forms a vast reservoir , that is indispensable to the well - being of the ...
... manner in which the earth is watered , affords one of the finest subjects for contemplation in Nature . The boundless ocean , whose billows break on every shore , forms a vast reservoir , that is indispensable to the well - being of the ...
Side 50
... manner in which any of the passions are generally gratified , that we are to look for the greatest and most strongly marked distinctions between savages and men of enlarged and superior understand- ings : no ; it is when all the animal ...
... manner in which any of the passions are generally gratified , that we are to look for the greatest and most strongly marked distinctions between savages and men of enlarged and superior understand- ings : no ; it is when all the animal ...
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Side 84 - 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.
Side 165 - 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.
Side 81 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man...
Side 197 - 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.
Side 191 - 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...
Side 97 - 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...
Side 179 - Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm.
Side 199 - 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...
Side 81 - 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*!
Side 74 - 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.