The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 pages |
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... now , however , only entertained in a figurative sense , a sense frequently laid hold of by our own poets , and thus ... already observed , had been educated in the Platonic school , and had imbibed his notions , regarded this doctrine ...
... now , however , only entertained in a figurative sense , a sense frequently laid hold of by our own poets , and thus ... already observed , had been educated in the Platonic school , and had imbibed his notions , regarded this doctrine ...
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... already observed , to lie one within another , like the different tunics of an onion : - These spheres behold : the first in wide embrace Surrounds the lesser orbs of various face ; The EMPYREAN this , the holiest heaven , To the pure ...
... already observed , to lie one within another , like the different tunics of an onion : - These spheres behold : the first in wide embrace Surrounds the lesser orbs of various face ; The EMPYREAN this , the holiest heaven , To the pure ...
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... just adverted to , has been prover- bialised for general licentiousness and excess , drew the whole of his daily diet from the plainest pottage , intermixed with the herbs and fruits of his pleasant and celebrated ... observed , is rather an ...
... just adverted to , has been prover- bialised for general licentiousness and excess , drew the whole of his daily diet from the plainest pottage , intermixed with the herbs and fruits of his pleasant and celebrated ... observed , is rather an ...
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... now known to have fallen from the air at some period or other in every quarter of the globe ; believing them to be in ... just observed , are immoveable , and cannot , therefore , either approach or recede . IMPENETRABILITY is the result ...
... now known to have fallen from the air at some period or other in every quarter of the globe ; believing them to be in ... just observed , are immoveable , and cannot , therefore , either approach or recede . IMPENETRABILITY is the result ...
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... just as necessary as its gravitation . I have already observed that , owing to its passivity , or VIS INERTIÆ , matter has a tendency to persevere in any given state , whether of motion or of rest , till opposed by some exterior power ...
... just as necessary as its gravitation . I have already observed that , owing to its passivity , or VIS INERTIÆ , matter has a tendency to persevere in any given state , whether of motion or of rest , till opposed by some exterior power ...
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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 Lucretius mankind manner material matter means mind Misor 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