Conversations on the Animal Economy: Designed for the Instruction of Youth and the Perusal of General ReadersShirley and Hyde, 1829 - 242 páginas |
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... possessed by vegetables as well as animals - alimen- tary canal - its coats - the teeth - mastication - lateral motion of the jaws - deglutition - descent of the food into the stom- ach - abdomen - the stomach . CONVERSATION III ...
... possessed by vegetables as well as animals - alimen- tary canal - its coats - the teeth - mastication - lateral motion of the jaws - deglutition - descent of the food into the stom- ach - abdomen - the stomach . CONVERSATION III ...
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... possess only when combined and acting to- gether . If you tear a piece of flesh from the body , or an eye from the socket , the one will no longer feel , nor the other see . Emily . And yet I have heard that there is an ani- mal called ...
... possess only when combined and acting to- gether . If you tear a piece of flesh from the body , or an eye from the socket , the one will no longer feel , nor the other see . Emily . And yet I have heard that there is an ani- mal called ...
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... possess all the properties , of the perfect animal . But this requires time , and is produced by a regular process of growth and developement , for immediately after this division is made , the parts are motionless and apparently ...
... possess all the properties , of the perfect animal . But this requires time , and is produced by a regular process of growth and developement , for immediately after this division is made , the parts are motionless and apparently ...
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... possesses feeling , whereas it is enjoyed by all animal beings . Dr. B. - You are very unfortunate in the choice of your terms , for you could have scarcely found one that has been used more indefinitely than feeling . If you mean by it ...
... possesses feeling , whereas it is enjoyed by all animal beings . Dr. B. - You are very unfortunate in the choice of your terms , for you could have scarcely found one that has been used more indefinitely than feeling . If you mean by it ...
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... possesses , without bestowing upon it capacities for a greater or less degree of happi- ness . At any rate , it is a beautiful theory , this - that the woods and the fields are filled with sentient beings that are animated , not merely ...
... possesses , without bestowing upon it capacities for a greater or less degree of happi- ness . At any rate , it is a beautiful theory , this - that the woods and the fields are filled with sentient beings that are animated , not merely ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
action alimentary canal animal economy appearance arteries auricle B.-This bile birds blood body bones brain bronchiae called carbonic acid cartilage cavity changes chest chyle chyme circulation coat colour common composed considered contraction cornea curious degree diet digestion distinct effects Emily Emily.-I existence experiments external extremities fact fibres fishes fluid functions gastric juice glands glottis heart heat hepatic artery inferior animals intestinal canal jaws lacteals larynx limb living lungs matter membrane mind minute motion mouth mucous muscles muscular nature necessary nerves nervous power never nourishment nutrition object observed peculiar perfect perfectly pharynx PHRENOLOGY physiologists portion possess produced properties purpose pyloric orifice quantity rays respiration respiratory organs secreted seems sensation sense side sleep sounds spinal marrow spine stomach structure substance suppose surface swallow teeth thoracic duct tion trunk vegetable veins venous ventricle vessels vital voice whole wind-pipe Zoophytes
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Página 230 - fore the king, The throne he sits on, nor the tide of pomp That beats upon the high shore of this world No, not all these, thrice-gorgeous ceremony, Not all these, laid in bed majestical, Can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave Who with a body fill'd and vacant mind Gets him to rest, cramm'd with distressful bread...
Página 2 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Página 2 - LEA, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as authors in the words following', to wit: " Logan, A Family History. Hear me, for /will speak. Brutus.
Página 165 - ... the room he was in, he said, he knew to be but part of the house, yet he could not conceive that the whole house could look bigger.
Página 164 - He knew not the shape of any thing, nor any one thing from another, however different in shape, or magnitude, but upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling...
Página 230 - Tis not the balm, the sceptre, and the ball, The sword, the mace, the crown imperial, The intertissued robe of gold and pearl, The farced title running 'fore the King, The throne he sits on, nor the tide of pomp, That beats upon the high shore of this world, No, not all these, thrice-gorgeous Ceremony,— Not all these, laid in bed majestical, Can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave...
Página 164 - One particular only (though it may appear trifling) I will relate. Having often forgot which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat (which he knew by feeling) he was observed to look at her steadfastly, and then setting her down, said, so puss ! I shall know you another time.
Página 165 - ... about two months after he was couched, he discovered, at once, they represented solid bodies ; when to that time he considered them only as party-coloured planes, or surfaces diversified with variety of paint ; but even then he was no less surprised, expecting the pictures would feel like the things they represented, and was amazed when he found those parts, which by their light and shadow appeared now round and uneven, felt only flat like the rest ; and asked which was the lying sense, feeling,...
Página 164 - When he first saw, he was so far from making any judgment about distances, that he thought all objects whatever touched his eyes, as he expressed it, as what he felt did his skin; and thought no objects so agreeable as those which were smooth and regular, though he could form no judgment of their shape, or guess what it was in any object that was pleasing...
Página 50 - Hunter's pithy remark is quoted, "some physiologists will have it, that the stomach is a mill, others, that it is a fermenting vat, others, again, that it is a stew-pan; but, in my view of the matter, it is neither a mill, a fermenting vat nor a stew-pan ; but a stomach, gentlemen, a stomach.