Lectures on Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, Zoology, and the Natural History of ManHenry G. Bohn, 1848 - 396 páginas |
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... tion ; the Subject hitherto neglected , and very erroneous notions consequently prevalent . Sources of Information . Anatomical Characters of the Monkey Tribe , and more particularly of the Orang - outang and Chimpansé . Specific ...
... tion ; the Subject hitherto neglected , and very erroneous notions consequently prevalent . Sources of Information . Anatomical Characters of the Monkey Tribe , and more particularly of the Orang - outang and Chimpansé . Specific ...
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... tion of leather . When we reflect that the immortality of the soul and a future state of rewards and punishments were fully recognised in all the religions of the ancient world , except the Jewish ; —and that they are equally so in all ...
... tion of leather . When we reflect that the immortality of the soul and a future state of rewards and punishments were fully recognised in all the religions of the ancient world , except the Jewish ; —and that they are equally so in all ...
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... tion of the judgment . The practice of calling names in argument has been chiefly resorted to by the fair sex , and in religious discussions ; in both cases , apparently , from a common cause - the weakness of the other means of attack ...
... tion of the judgment . The practice of calling names in argument has been chiefly resorted to by the fair sex , and in religious discussions ; in both cases , apparently , from a common cause - the weakness of the other means of attack ...
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... tion ; and they pointed him out to the great CATHARINE , who seemed to feel for science a kind of manly love , and who pro- moted it like an empress , as a proper person for her truly grand design of exploring the vast regions that ...
... tion ; and they pointed him out to the great CATHARINE , who seemed to feel for science a kind of manly love , and who pro- moted it like an empress , as a proper person for her truly grand design of exploring the vast regions that ...
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... tion it contains condensed into a small compass . It is altoge- ther the best short elementary book on natural history in any language . This great zoologist has not only contributed many new ob- servations to the science , and enriched ...
... tion it contains condensed into a small compass . It is altoge- ther the best short elementary book on natural history in any language . This great zoologist has not only contributed many new ob- servations to the science , and enriched ...
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Lectures on Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, Zoology, and the Natural ... Sir William Lawrence Visualização integral - 1848 |
Lectures on Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, Zoology, and the Natural ... Sir William Lawrence Visualização integral - 1848 |
Lectures on Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, Zoology, and the Natural ... Sir William Lawrence Visualização de excertos - 1848 |
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Página 169 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Página 5 - MEYRICK'S PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANCIENT ARMS AND ARMOUR: A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II.
Página 7 - STRUTT'S DRESSES AND HABITS OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, from the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time; with an Historical and Critical Inquiry into every branch of Costume.
Página 12 - Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.
Página 14 - Essays : On Decision of Character ; on a Man's writing Memoirs of Himself; on the epithet Romantic ; on the aversion of Men of Taste to Evangelical Religion.
Página 168 - ... in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Página 10 - MANTELL'S GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION ROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT, and along the adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire.
Página 158 - SPEECH, consisting of names or appellations, and their connexion; whereby men register their thoughts; recall them when they are past; and also declare them one to another for mutual utility and conversation; without which, there had been amongst men, neither commonwealth, nor society, nor contract, nor peace, no more than amongst lions, bears, and wolves.
Página 5 - The author appears to us to have neglected no sources of information, and to have exhausted them, as far as regards the general scope and purpose of the inquiry. The graphical illustrations are such as become a work of tins character upon such a subject ; at, of course, a lavish cost.
Página 354 - Upon the whole, every circumstance concurs in proving that mankind are not composed of species essentially different from each other ; that, on the contrary, there was originally but one species...