On the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of Animals and in Their History Habits and Instincts, Volumen1W. Pickering, 1835 |
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... bird have each of them , if I may so speak , a punctum saliens , a radiating principle , which , under certain circumstances , they can retain in a latent state , for a considerable time ; but if once that principle is extinct , no ...
... bird have each of them , if I may so speak , a punctum saliens , a radiating principle , which , under certain circumstances , they can retain in a latent state , for a considerable time ; but if once that principle is extinct , no ...
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... kingdom : --- namely , the ox , the chief amongst cattle ; the lion , the king of wild beasts ; and the eagle , the ruler of the birds ; and lastly , Man , who has all things put under his feet , -there seems to INTRODUCTION . Ivii.
... kingdom : --- namely , the ox , the chief amongst cattle ; the lion , the king of wild beasts ; and the eagle , the ruler of the birds ; and lastly , Man , who has all things put under his feet , -there seems to INTRODUCTION . Ivii.
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... bird's or eagle's . Athanasius has a remarkable passage , before alluded to , in which he says of Christ , that when he ap- peared upon earth , He bowed the heavens and came down , and that he again mounted the 1 In allusion probably to ...
... bird's or eagle's . Athanasius has a remarkable passage , before alluded to , in which he says of Christ , that when he ap- peared upon earth , He bowed the heavens and came down , and that he again mounted the 1 In allusion probably to ...
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... bird to the mighty eagle and the giant vulture - that people and enliven the atmospheric sea , and make it the field of their excursions . The animals created on this day were destined to dwell or move , independent of the earth , in a ...
... bird to the mighty eagle and the giant vulture - that people and enliven the atmospheric sea , and make it the field of their excursions . The animals created on this day were destined to dwell or move , independent of the earth , in a ...
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... birds , were replaced by legs best fitted for motion on the theatre on which they were to act their part , and to fulfil the will of their Creator . The earth was now completely furnished and decorated to receive her destined king and ...
... birds , were replaced by legs best fitted for motion on the theatre on which they were to act their part , and to fulfil the will of their Creator . The earth was now completely furnished and decorated to receive her destined king and ...
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action ALEXANDER DYCE alluded Almighty amongst animal kingdom animalcules appears Aristotle belonging birds bivalve body byssus called cause Cephalopods cherubim circumstances climate cloud colour common consider creation Creator crown 8vo Crustaceans Cuvier Deity deluge derived direction Divine earth Echinoderms edition evidently exhibit eyes fishes fixed fluid foot furnished genus globe habits head heavens herbivorous Heteropods Holy Ibid infinite Infusories inhabit insects instinct Irenæus JOHN MITFORD kind Lamarck latter legs Linné Lord maxillæ means migrations Molluscans motion mountains mouth multivalve nature nutriment object observed ocean operculum organs orifice physical plants PLATE POEMS polypes powers prey probably produced quadrupeds race regard rendered resembling respect rocks Salpes says Scripture seems shell shell-fish singular species spines Spirit station substance suckers surface tentacles terrestrial terrestrial animals things tion tribe univalves valves various vegetable whole WILLIAM PICKERING word worms Zoophytes
Pasajes populares
Página 142 - 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 ci - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Página 72 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 72 - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Página lxxvii - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Página cviii - For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth: (For righteousness is immortal:) But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them...
Página lxxxv - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Página 43 - And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.
Página lix - For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...
Página cviii - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :