On the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of Animals and in Their History Habits and Instincts, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1835 |
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... resembled na- ture , insomuch that it is not a being , but an order of things animated by movements ; which has also its power , its faculties , and which exercises them necessarily while it exists . ' He also ascribes these vital ...
... resembled na- ture , insomuch that it is not a being , but an order of things animated by movements ; which has also its power , its faculties , and which exercises them necessarily while it exists . ' He also ascribes these vital ...
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... resemble a vast army march- ing in battle array , without breaking their ranks , following always a right line ; they scale the houses , and surmount every other obstacle that lies in their way . They sometimes even get into the houses ...
... resemble a vast army march- ing in battle array , without breaking their ranks , following always a right line ; they scale the houses , and surmount every other obstacle that lies in their way . They sometimes even get into the houses ...
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... resemble a piece of green velvet . Some cover considerable spots in moist places ; others live in the water , either fixed to sub- stances contained in it , or floating on the surface . They are generally based on a mucilaginous ...
... resemble a piece of green velvet . Some cover considerable spots in moist places ; others live in the water , either fixed to sub- stances contained in it , or floating on the surface . They are generally based on a mucilaginous ...
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... first sight appear most to resemble the higher plants , in their general configuration , the Infusories , as well as coming nearer to the lowest by some of their members , in others exhibit no slight ana- logy 148 FUNCTIONS AND INSTINCTS .
... first sight appear most to resemble the higher plants , in their general configuration , the Infusories , as well as coming nearer to the lowest by some of their members , in others exhibit no slight ana- logy 148 FUNCTIONS AND INSTINCTS .
Page 153
... others are furnished with these useful organs , some having one , others two , others three , and others four ; some 1 Leucophrys , Enchelis , & c . 1 have processes resembling legs . In the second Class of INFUSORIES . 153.
... others are furnished with these useful organs , some having one , others two , others three , and others four ; some 1 Leucophrys , Enchelis , & c . 1 have processes resembling legs . In the second Class of INFUSORIES . 153.
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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
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 72 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 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
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page lxxxv - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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 :