The Book of NatureHarper & Brothers, 1834 - 467 pages |
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Page 36
... direct proportion to its subtility , its levity , its activity , its refined ethereal or spiritualized modification of being . Water is as much a compound as any of the earths , yet we have strong reason for believing that for the most ...
... direct proportion to its subtility , its levity , its activity , its refined ethereal or spiritualized modification of being . Water is as much a compound as any of the earths , yet we have strong reason for believing that for the most ...
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... direct the attention to the two fol- lowing very extraordinary facts , to place him beyond the reach of panegyric ; the first of which has occasionally furnished reflection for other writers , though the latter remains unnoticed to the ...
... direct the attention to the two fol- lowing very extraordinary facts , to place him beyond the reach of panegyric ; the first of which has occasionally furnished reflection for other writers , though the latter remains unnoticed to the ...
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... direct repugnancy to the Atomic philosophy , whether of ancient or more recent times , have been very generally conceived to have been formed first ; to be peculiarly simple in their composition , indecomposable by any known powers in ...
... direct repugnancy to the Atomic philosophy , whether of ancient or more recent times , have been very generally conceived to have been formed first ; to be peculiarly simple in their composition , indecomposable by any known powers in ...
Page 54
... direct course ; and as soon as the projectile or planet has acquired the exact point in which the two an- tagonist powers precisely balance each other - the power of flying off from the centre , communicated to it by the volcanic ...
... direct course ; and as soon as the projectile or planet has acquired the exact point in which the two an- tagonist powers precisely balance each other - the power of flying off from the centre , communicated to it by the volcanic ...
Page 57
... direct and awful stamp . LECTURE V. ON THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER , ESSENTIAL AND PECULIAR . ( The subject continued . ) WE closed our last lecture with remarks on the universal operation of the common principle of gravity over matter in ...
... direct and awful stamp . LECTURE V. ON THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER , ESSENTIAL AND PECULIAR . ( The subject continued . ) WE closed our last lecture with remarks on the universal operation of the common principle of gravity over matter in ...
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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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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 435 - 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.
Page 436 - Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance haiL Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She...
Page 355 - 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? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE; in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Page 39 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead. Then cold and hot and moist and dry In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 46 - 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 341 - 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 preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 335 - God and immortality, without the help of metaphysics : for they say there is a Great King, who made them, who dwells in a glorious country to the southward of them ; and that the souls of the good shall go thither, where they shall live again. Their worship consists of two parts, sacrifice and cantico. Their sacrifice is their first fruits. The first and fattest buck they kill goeth to the fire, where he is all burnt, with a mournful ditty of him...
Page 408 - Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil, and hospitable care, And kind connubial tenderness are there, And piety with 'wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love.
Page 453 - The flame was dim and distant; the moon hid her red face in the east. A blast came from the mountain, on its wings was the spirit of Loda. He came to his place in his terrors, and shook his dusky spear. His eyes appear like flames in his dark face; his voice is like distant thunder.