Essays Upon Natural History, and Other Miscellaneous Subjects,J. Robson, 1770 - 261 páginas |
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... most laborious searches of the curious . From the general face of things we may fafe- ly conclude there have been great revolutions on the face of this earth , which in many places seem to have been caused by a great quantity of water ...
... most laborious searches of the curious . From the general face of things we may fafe- ly conclude there have been great revolutions on the face of this earth , which in many places seem to have been caused by a great quantity of water ...
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... most infects with food . Now , as the eyes of man seem to be more adapted than thofe of infects to receive the vari- ous forms and colours of natural things , I am of of opinion , that God principally defigned these things , [ 9 ]
... most infects with food . Now , as the eyes of man seem to be more adapted than thofe of infects to receive the vari- ous forms and colours of natural things , I am of of opinion , that God principally defigned these things , [ 9 ]
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... most ancient are ; witness the mo- numents of the ancient Egyptians , the ruins of Persepolis , Palmyra or Balbeck , and many others in divers parts of the world which have almost outlived their defcriptions ; fo that we cannot depend ...
... most ancient are ; witness the mo- numents of the ancient Egyptians , the ruins of Persepolis , Palmyra or Balbeck , and many others in divers parts of the world which have almost outlived their defcriptions ; fo that we cannot depend ...
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... most strict and absolute sense , what they are ; and , when he hath found them , he ought to govern all his actions by the former , and avoid the latter but it is exceeding hard to difcover what truth is in a world of falfhood and ...
... most strict and absolute sense , what they are ; and , when he hath found them , he ought to govern all his actions by the former , and avoid the latter but it is exceeding hard to difcover what truth is in a world of falfhood and ...
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... flies away infi- nitely faster , and more distant , than the swifteft and most extended thought can follow . As the greatest part of matter is to be multiplied without C 2 without end , fo is the least part of matter [ 19 ]
... flies away infi- nitely faster , and more distant , than the swifteft and most extended thought can follow . As the greatest part of matter is to be multiplied without C 2 without end , fo is the least part of matter [ 19 ]
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Página 96 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Página 40 - As I foretold you, were all fpirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air ; And, like the bafelefs fabric of this vifion, The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous...
Página 31 - were planting a grove of oaks*. The 'manner of ' their planting was thus. They first made little ' holes in the earth with their bills, going about and ' about till the hole was deep enough, and then they ' dropped in the acorn, and covered it with earth ' and moss. The young plantation,
Página 107 - I came into soundings in our channel, a great flock of swallows came and settled on my rigging ; every rope was covered ; they hung on one another like a swarm of bees ; the decks and carving were filled with them. They seemed almost famished and spent, and were only feathers and bones ; but, being recruited with a night's rest, they took their flight in the morning.
Página 122 - ... particular that should happen amongst his acquaintance of the Royal Society, and other ingenious Gentlemen, many of whom I was weekly conversant with ; and I seldom missed drinking coffee with him on a Saturday, during the whole time of his retirement at Chelsea.
Página 124 - January, 1753, at four o'clock in the afternoon: he died on the llth, at four in the morning. 1 continued with him later than any one of his relations ; but was obliged to retire, his last agonies being beyond what I could bear ; though, under his pain and weakness of body, he seemed to retain a great firmness of mind and resignation to the will of God.
Página 103 - This was more evident to me, when in the morning I found the wind had come about to the north-west in the night, and there was not one swallow to be seen of near a million, which I believe was there the night before.
Página 106 - Of the three opinions, the firft has the ntmoft appearance of probability; which is, that they remove nearer the fun, where they can find a continuance of their natural diet, and a temperature of air fuiting their conftitutions.
Página 182 - ... hitherto produced. It was a river of transparent water, about forty yards wide, which ran down a declivity of near a hundred and fifty yards in length. The channel it ran in was very irregular ; for it was entirely formed of rock, both its sides and bottom being made up of large detached blocks ; and by these the course of...
Página 123 - During this latter part of his life, he was frequently petitioned for charity by some decayed branches of families of eminent men, late of his acquaintance, who were famous for their learned works, &c. which petitions he always received, and considered with attention ; and provided they were not found fraudulent, they were always answered by his charitable donations. He has often desired that I would inquire into the merits of such petitions ; and if found satisfactory, he commissioned me to convey...