A Catechism of Natural TheologyShirley and Hyde, 1829 - 184 sider |
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... of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen , being understood by the things which are made , even his eternal power and Godhead . " They invite our atten- tion to the wonders of creation , as a most 1 * CATECHISM ...
... of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen , being understood by the things which are made , even his eternal power and Godhead . " They invite our atten- tion to the wonders of creation , as a most 1 * CATECHISM ...
Side 6
Ichabod Nichols. tion to the wonders of creation , as a most noble and de- lightful study . " The works of the Lord are great , sought out of all them who have pleasure therein . " They call upon the heavens and earth , the seas , and ...
Ichabod Nichols. tion to the wonders of creation , as a most noble and de- lightful study . " The works of the Lord are great , sought out of all them who have pleasure therein . " They call upon the heavens and earth , the seas , and ...
Side 7
... tion . On the contrary , the works of art are soon ex- hausted ; and by a close examination , we may soon find faults and imperfections in them . What is the most perfect statue , in comparison with a single animal , an insect , or a ...
... tion . On the contrary , the works of art are soon ex- hausted ; and by a close examination , we may soon find faults and imperfections in them . What is the most perfect statue , in comparison with a single animal , an insect , or a ...
Side 23
... tion of the box ; the consequence of which would be that one would compress the other , if it were not for the par- tition between . In ravenous animals whose brain is sub- ect to violent motions from leaping , & c . the partition is ...
... tion of the box ; the consequence of which would be that one would compress the other , if it were not for the par- tition between . In ravenous animals whose brain is sub- ect to violent motions from leaping , & c . the partition is ...
Side 25
... tion of precautions , that the temple bones , which are the thinnest part of the box , are placed directly over the shoulders which secure them in case of a fall ; 3 NATURAL THEOLOGY . 25 the caution of age, and even to the helplessness ...
... tion of precautions , that the temple bones , which are the thinnest part of the box , are placed directly over the shoulders which secure them in case of a fall ; 3 NATURAL THEOLOGY . 25 the caution of age, and even to the helplessness ...
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Side 56 - It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its 5 proper enjoyments.
Side 179 - Here pain and misery are the very objects of the contrivance. Now, nothing of this sort is to be found in the works of nature.
Side 178 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. "The insect youth are on the wing.
Side 79 - In considering the joints, there is nothing, perhaps, which ought to move our gratitude more than the reflection, how well they wear. A limb shall swing upon its hinge, or play in its socket, many hundred times in an hour, for sixty years together, without diminution of its agility, which is a long time for anything to last — for anything so much worked and exercised as the joints are.
Side 178 - At this moment, in every given moment of time, how many myriads of animals are eating their food, gratifying their appetites, ruminating in their holes, accomplishing their wishes, pursuing their pleasures, taking their pastimes ! In each individual, how many things must go right for it to be at ease; yet how large a proportion* out of every species VOL.
Side 143 - The human animal is the only one which is naked, and the only one which can clothe itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature of his habitation.
Side 6 - The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Side 154 - Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honey-comb do actually meet...
Side 2 - For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house, hath more honour than the house. 4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
Side 102 - Irishman travelling to the harvest with bare feet : the thickness and roundness of the calf show that the foot and toes are free to permit the exercise of the muscles of the leg. Look, again, to the leg of our English peasant, whose foot and ankle are tightly laced in a shoe with a wooden sole, and you will perceive, from the manner in which he lifts his legs, that the play of the ankle, foot, and toes is lost, as much as if he went on stilts, and, therefore, are his legs small and shapeless.