Nature of the material worldLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834 |
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... bird's - eye view , as it were , of a picturesque and spreading landscape from some commanding eminence ; and , without having laboured in the details of arranging the ground , of cultivating the soil , of planting the woods , of giving ...
... bird's - eye view , as it were , of a picturesque and spreading landscape from some commanding eminence ; and , without having laboured in the details of arranging the ground , of cultivating the soil , of planting the woods , of giving ...
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... bird's eye view of the general phænomena it is capable of assuming , and the general changes it is necessarily sustaining . From the qualities I have placed before you , of passivity , cohesibility , divisibility , and attractions of ...
... bird's eye view of the general phænomena it is capable of assuming , and the general changes it is necessarily sustaining . From the qualities I have placed before you , of passivity , cohesibility , divisibility , and attractions of ...
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... birds , and birds ' nests ; preserving them from decay , by defending them from the action of the air . The clay and sand sometimes contain petrified wood ; and in many parts are found the skeletons of quadrupeds , even of the largest ...
... birds , and birds ' nests ; preserving them from decay , by defending them from the action of the air . The clay and sand sometimes contain petrified wood ; and in many parts are found the skeletons of quadrupeds , even of the largest ...
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... birds or other animals that pass over them . In several parts , observes M. Cuvier , these proceed with a frightful rapidity , overwhelming forests , houses , and cultivated fields in their irre- sistible progress . Those on the coast ...
... birds or other animals that pass over them . In several parts , observes M. Cuvier , these proceed with a frightful rapidity , overwhelming forests , houses , and cultivated fields in their irre- sistible progress . Those on the coast ...
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... Birds next alight on the new - formed rock , and sow , with interest , the seeds of the berries , or the eggs of the worms and insects on which they have fed , and which pass through them without injury ; and an occasional swell of the ...
... Birds next alight on the new - formed rock , and sow , with interest , the seeds of the berries , or the eggs of the worms and insects on which they have fed , and which pass through them without injury ; and an occasional swell of the ...
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acid action already observed animal animal and vegetable appears Aristotle Aristoxenus arteries atmosphere atoms attraction birds blood bodies bones called capable carbone carbonic acid cause chiefly chyle common compound conceived consequence consists constitutes cotyledon curious cuticle Cuvier degree denominated distinct doctrine earth elementary Empedocles Epicurus equally eternal existence fibres fishes fluid formation gastric juice gneiss gravitation harmony heat hence hypothesis infinite divisibility insects instances irritability kind lacteals laws lecture less Lucretius lungs manner mass material matter means mineral minute motion muscles muscular nature organs origin oxyde oxygene particles peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions phænomena Phil philosophers plants Plato possess present principle produced properties proportion putrefaction Pythagoras quadrupeds radicles regarded rocks secernent secreted seeds skin solid species stomach substance supposed surface theory thing traced Trans tree tribes vapour variety various veins vessels visible whole worms zoophytes
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Página 40 - From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Página 185 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Página 20 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Página 18 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Página 60 - While the Particles continue entire, they may compose Bodies of one and the same Nature and Texture in all Ages : But should they wear away, or break in pieces, the Nature of Things depending on them would be changed.