The Book of NatureHarper & Brothers, 1834 - 467 pages |
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Page iv
... joyous festivity of his youthful heart commenced , which he so beautifully expresses in the poem written on his marriage , before he found , alas ! " a worm was in the bud of this sweet rose . " In 17 SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE .
... joyous festivity of his youthful heart commenced , which he so beautifully expresses in the poem written on his marriage , before he found , alas ! " a worm was in the bud of this sweet rose . " In 17 SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE .
Page viii
... heart the softer energies of nature , " and he thus exhibits the final issue of this momentous inquiry : " From such considerations as these , then , it results , that he is pursuing the most probable path to human felicity , who ...
... heart the softer energies of nature , " and he thus exhibits the final issue of this momentous inquiry : " From such considerations as these , then , it results , that he is pursuing the most probable path to human felicity , who ...
Page ix
... heart , and too naturally sunk into a lamentable indifference to religion , at least , if that word correctly imply converse with God ; ' but he never evinced indif ference to truth and rectitude , nor ever , I believe , became involved ...
... heart , and too naturally sunk into a lamentable indifference to religion , at least , if that word correctly imply converse with God ; ' but he never evinced indif ference to truth and rectitude , nor ever , I believe , became involved ...
Page x
... heart , and my own understanding . " Without adverting to subjects which have hurt me on former occasions , I now directly allude to various opinions delivered in your very elaborate and , in many respects , excellent sermon of Sunday ...
... heart , and my own understanding . " Without adverting to subjects which have hurt me on former occasions , I now directly allude to various opinions delivered in your very elaborate and , in many respects , excellent sermon of Sunday ...
Page xii
... hearts first sprinkled from an evil conscience , and our bodies washed with pure water . ' " " GENESIS ii . 23 , 24. Under the figurative language contained in these two verses is a concealed representation of the whole mystery of the ...
... hearts first sprinkled from an evil conscience , and our bodies washed with pure water . ' " " GENESIS ii . 23 , 24. Under the figurative language contained in these two verses is a concealed representation of the whole mystery of the ...
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The Book of Nature: From the Last London Ed., to which is Now Prefixed, a ... John Mason Good Affichage du livre entier - 1837 |
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action adverted already observed animals appears Aristotle birds blood body brain called capable carbonic acid character chiefly colour common consequence consists constitutes Cuvier degree denominated derived distinct doctrine earth Epicurus equally existence external senses fact faculty farther feeling fishes fluid former gastric juice genus glottis Greek happiness heart heat hence hippopotamus human hypothesis ideas important innate ideas insects instances instinct intelligence kind knowledge lacteals language larynx Lect lecture less living Lucretius mankind manner material matter means mind moral muscles nature never objects occasionally organs origin oxygen passions peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions philosophers physiologists plants Plato possess present principle produced proof prove Pythagoras quadrupeds racters reason respect sensation solid soul species stomach substance supposed taste term theory thing tion traced tribes truth variety various vegetable ventriloquism whence whole words worms zoophytes
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Page 331 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page xii - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Page 392 - HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content ! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die...
Page 36 - While the particles continue entire, they may compose bodies of one and the same nature and texture in all ages ; but should they wear away or break in pieces, the nature of things depending on them would be changed.
Page 325 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page xxi - 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 401 - Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty...
Page 70 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Page 450 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety?
Page 425 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.