Nature of the material worldLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834 |
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Side 25
... . The same process takes place in the organised world . The germ becomes a seed , the seed a sapling , the sapling a tree ; the embryo be- comes an infant , the infant a youth , the youth a man : and having thus ascended the scale of ma-
... . The same process takes place in the organised world . The germ becomes a seed , the seed a sapling , the sapling a tree ; the embryo be- comes an infant , the infant a youth , the youth a man : and having thus ascended the scale of ma-
Side 73
... tree ; but it can only do this by separating them from each other : it cannot pene- trate the matter of which those fibres consist . like manner , when a ship is launched , her hulk cannot sink into the water without displacing the ...
... tree ; but it can only do this by separating them from each other : it cannot pene- trate the matter of which those fibres consist . like manner , when a ship is launched , her hulk cannot sink into the water without displacing the ...
Side 119
... trees , leaves , prickles , moss , and other minute plants ; eggs , birds , and birds ' nests ; preserving them from decay , by defending them from the action of the air . The clay and sand sometimes contain petrified wood ; and in many ...
... trees , leaves , prickles , moss , and other minute plants ; eggs , birds , and birds ' nests ; preserving them from decay , by defending them from the action of the air . The clay and sand sometimes contain petrified wood ; and in many ...
Side 127
... trees , and the dwellings of men close at hand ; —and that all has now vanished . " + The various ISLANDS that spot the surface of the sea have arisen from different causes . Many of them have been merely separated from the adjoin- ing ...
... trees , and the dwellings of men close at hand ; —and that all has now vanished . " + The various ISLANDS that spot the surface of the sea have arisen from different causes . Many of them have been merely separated from the adjoin- ing ...
Side 149
... was next , as we learn from ch . ii . 15-22 . , taken and put into the garden of Eden , to dress it and to keep it ; where he had explained to him the trees he might eat of , and the tree he might not L 3 ON GEOLOGY . 149.
... was next , as we learn from ch . ii . 15-22 . , taken and put into the garden of Eden , to dress it and to keep it ; where he had explained to him the trees he might eat of , and the tree he might not L 3 ON GEOLOGY . 149.
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acid action already observed animal animal and vegetable appears Aristotle Aristoxenus arteries atmosphere atoms attraction birds blood bodies bones called capable carbone carbonic acid cause chiefly chyle common compound conceived consequence consists constitutes cotyledon curious cuticle Cuvier degree denominated distinct doctrine earth elementary Empedocles Epicurus equally eternal existence fibres fishes fluid formation gastric juice gneiss gravitation harmony heat hence hypothesis infinite divisibility insects instances irritability kind lacteals laws lecture less Lucretius lungs manner mass material matter means mineral minute motion muscles muscular nature organs origin oxyde oxygene particles peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions phænomena Phil philosophers plants Plato possess present principle produced properties proportion putrefaction Pythagoras quadrupeds radicles regarded rocks secernent secreted seeds skin solid species stomach substance supposed surface theory thing traced Trans tree tribes vapour variety various veins vessels visible whole worms zoophytes
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Side 40 - 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.
Side 185 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Side 20 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Side 18 - 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.
Side 60 - 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.