The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation: In Two Parts. Viz. The Heavenly Bodies, Elements, Meteors, Fossils, Vegetables, Animals (beasts, Birds, Fishes and Insects), More Particularly in the Body of the Earth, Its Figure, Motion, and Consistency; and in the Admirable Structure of the Bodies of Man and Other Animals; as Also in Their Generation, &c. With Answers to Some ObjectionsWilliam Innys, 1714 - 389 páginas |
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... Observation which I must confefs my felf to have borrow'd of the honourable Perfon more than once men- tion'd already , that even the Eclipfes of the Sun and Moon , though they be frightful Things to the fuperftitious Vulgar , and of ...
... Observation which I must confefs my felf to have borrow'd of the honourable Perfon more than once men- tion'd already , that even the Eclipfes of the Sun and Moon , though they be frightful Things to the fuperftitious Vulgar , and of ...
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... observe any fuch ftoring up of Grain by our Country- Ants . Yet is there a Quadruped taken notice of even by the Vulgar , for laying up in ftore Provifion for the Winter ; that is , the Squirrel , whofe Hoards of Nuts are frequently ...
... observe any fuch ftoring up of Grain by our Country- Ants . Yet is there a Quadruped taken notice of even by the Vulgar , for laying up in ftore Provifion for the Winter ; that is , the Squirrel , whofe Hoards of Nuts are frequently ...
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... observation of Ariftotle , τῶν ὀρνίθων ὅσα μὲν χαμψώνυχα σαρκοφάγα πάντα . Such Birds as have crooked Beaks and Talons , are all carnivorous ; and fo of Quadrupeds , xzexaçóra , carnivora omnia . All that have ferrate Teeth , are ...
... observation of Ariftotle , τῶν ὀρνίθων ὅσα μὲν χαμψώνυχα σαρκοφάγα πάντα . Such Birds as have crooked Beaks and Talons , are all carnivorous ; and fo of Quadrupeds , xzexaçóra , carnivora omnia . All that have ferrate Teeth , are ...
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... observe the ad- mirable Providence of Nature . For fuch Birds , as were to fearch and gather their Food , whe- ther Herbs or Infects , in the bottom of Pools and deep Waters , have long Necks for that pur- pofe , though their Legs , as ...
... observe the ad- mirable Providence of Nature . For fuch Birds , as were to fearch and gather their Food , whe- ther Herbs or Infects , in the bottom of Pools and deep Waters , have long Necks for that pur- pofe , though their Legs , as ...
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... observing the Bays , and Creeks , and Havens , and Promontories , the Out - lets of Rivers , the Situation of the Maritime Towns and Cities , the Longitude and Latitude , & c . of thofe Places In Politicks , by noting their Government ...
... observing the Bays , and Creeks , and Havens , and Promontories , the Out - lets of Rivers , the Situation of the Maritime Towns and Cities , the Longitude and Latitude , & c . of thofe Places In Politicks , by noting their Government ...
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Página 397 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able.
Página 1 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Página 79 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Página 51 - God neither, that he should avrov^yity itrann, set his own hand, as it were, to every work, and immediately do all the meanest and triflingest things himself drudgingly without making use of any inferior and subordinate instruments.
Página 183 - I am the Lord; that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Página 202 - ... if the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of its own orbit round the sun, the following three consequences would be inevitable:— I.
Página 163 - ... and aqueducts. I have implanted in thy nature a desire of seeing strange and foreign, and finding out unknown countries, for the improvement and advance of thy knowledge in geography, by observing the bays, and creeks, and havens, and promontories, the outlets of...
Página 79 - bound, that they may not pafs over; that " they turn not again to cover the earth.
Página 126 - That poultry, partridge, and other birds, should at the first sight know birds of prey, and make sign of it by a peculiar note of their voice to their young, who presently thereupon hide themselves...
Página 170 - ... odd humours of pride, and affectation, and curiosity, as will render him unfit for any great employment. Words being but the images of matter, to be wholly given up to the study of these, what is it but Pygmalion's frenzy to fall in love with a picture or image.