On the Conduct of Man to Inferior Animals: On the Primeval State of Man; Arguments from Scripture, Reason, Fact and Experience, in Favour of a Vegetable Diet; on the Effects of Food; on the Practice of Nations and Individuals; Objections Answered; &c. &cG. Nicholson., 1819 - 266 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Página 23
... has passed through various modifications , like all other customs , which are not founded in nature and truth . A few years ago the short - dock was the only NNNNN Even tail ( if it may be called such MUTILATION . 23 On mutilating animals,
... has passed through various modifications , like all other customs , which are not founded in nature and truth . A few years ago the short - dock was the only NNNNN Even tail ( if it may be called such MUTILATION . 23 On mutilating animals,
Página 24
... called such ) in fashion , both in the army and in carriages . The absurdity however of this total amputation began to appear . The gentle- men of the army led the way . They acknowledged the beauty , and use of the tail as nature made ...
... called such ) in fashion , both in the army and in carriages . The absurdity however of this total amputation began to appear . The gentle- men of the army led the way . They acknowledged the beauty , and use of the tail as nature made ...
Página 32
... called ; a hideous practice which still exists . Among the immense number of letters which Lord Erskine re- ceived from persons of great respectability , in favour of the animal protection bill , his lordship referred to one where the ...
... called ; a hideous practice which still exists . Among the immense number of letters which Lord Erskine re- ceived from persons of great respectability , in favour of the animal protection bill , his lordship referred to one where the ...
Página 57
... called the children of God . -JESUS CHRIST . The son of Man came not to destroy men's lives , but to save them . — Luke ix , 56. Why then do not preachers , who pretend to promulgate the doctrine of Christ , inveigh vigourously , in the ...
... called the children of God . -JESUS CHRIST . The son of Man came not to destroy men's lives , but to save them . — Luke ix , 56. Why then do not preachers , who pretend to promulgate the doctrine of Christ , inveigh vigourously , in the ...
Página 63
... called the laws of hon- our ! This sport is as little connected with human- ity as with honesty , The horse is a most useful , willing , noble animal ; so tractable , that no person under the influence of reason , can ever think of mis ...
... called the laws of hon- our ! This sport is as little connected with human- ity as with honesty , The horse is a most useful , willing , noble animal ; so tractable , that no person under the influence of reason , can ever think of mis ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Abbé Raynal abstain aliment amusement animal food animal substances barbarous beast beauty birds blood body bread brutes bull-baiting butchers Canary Islands carnivorous cause Christians chyle Cochinchina creatures cruel cruelty custom death deprive destroy devour digest disease disposition distilled water drink ears earth effect exer favour feeling fermented flesh frugivorous fruits habit happiness heart Hippocrates horse human imals inhabitants innocent instances juices justice kill kind Lambe liquors living Lord Erskine mankind manner meat ment mercy milk mind misery murder nations nature never NNNNN nourishment observed pain passions person pleasure Plutarch possess produce putrefaction quadrupeds race reason savage says sensibility sheep shew slaughter species sport stomach Stourport strength suffering tail taste temper tender thagoras things thou tion torture Triptolemus ture tyger vegetable diet vegetable food vegetable regimen wretch young
Pasajes populares
Página 196 - We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Página 12 - Caesar must bleed for it! And, gentle friends, Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully ; Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds...
Página 137 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 131 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Página 104 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 132 - Than cruelty, most devilish of them all. Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn.
Página 107 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Página 106 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Página 11 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Página 108 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.