On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God: As Manifested in the Creation of Animals, and in Their History, Habits and InstinctsCarey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837 - 519 pàgines |
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Pàgina 48
... insects of the same order and tribe with the locust , though perhaps of a different genus ; but , pro- bably the ... insect are only calculated for suction . Amongst quadrupeds , the analogues , in some respects , of the locusts , are ...
... insects of the same order and tribe with the locust , though perhaps of a different genus ; but , pro- bably the ... insect are only calculated for suction . Amongst quadrupeds , the analogues , in some respects , of the locusts , are ...
Pàgina 54
... insects , which , with few exceptions , are of that description . My learned coadjutor , Mr. Spence , in our Introduction to Entomology , has some remarks on this subject , which - seem , at first sight , to prove that the disap ...
... insects , which , with few exceptions , are of that description . My learned coadjutor , Mr. Spence , in our Introduction to Entomology , has some remarks on this subject , which - seem , at first sight , to prove that the disap ...
Pàgina 71
... insects ap- propriated to it , every bird has its peculiar parasite or louse ; ' and not only are the living animals so infested , but their car- casses are bequeathed to a numerous and varied army of dis- secters , who soon reduce them ...
... insects ap- propriated to it , every bird has its peculiar parasite or louse ; ' and not only are the living animals so infested , but their car- casses are bequeathed to a numerous and varied army of dis- secters , who soon reduce them ...
Pàgina 114
... insects , it would have been attended with no small trouble to an animal whose mouth was underneath , but its five pyramidal jaws with the points of the teeth in the centre , admit an action more accordant with the situation of the ...
... insects , it would have been attended with no small trouble to an animal whose mouth was underneath , but its five pyramidal jaws with the points of the teeth in the centre , admit an action more accordant with the situation of the ...
Pàgina 137
... insects , and their flying as it were , on the surface of the water , as we shall soon see , increases the ... Insect over the Molluscan tribes ; symmetry , espe- cially of the external organs and parts , distinguishes all the higher ...
... insects , and their flying as it were , on the surface of the water , as we shall soon see , increases the ... Insect over the Molluscan tribes ; symmetry , espe- cially of the external organs and parts , distinguishes all the higher ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina lxi - 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...
Pàgina xix - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Pàgina 11 - I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
Pàgina 328 - The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast Thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
Pàgina xl - gan war, and fowl with fowl, And fish with fish: to graze the herb all leaving, Devour'd each other; nor stood much in awe Of man, but fled him, or, with countenance grim Glared on him passing. These were, from without, The growing miseries which Adam saw Already in part, though hid in gloomiest shade, To sorrow...
Pàgina 196 - There is not, in my opinion, any thing more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rises above reason, and falls infinitely short of it. It cannot be accounted for by any properties in matter, and at the same time works after so odd a manner, that one cannot think it the faculty of an intellectual being.
Pàgina lix - 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
Pàgina 330 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Pàgina xxx - And the Lord came down in a cloud and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him and gave it unto the seventy elders, and it came to pass that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and did not cease.
Pàgina xxx - And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices ; and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God : and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.