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 |
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... superior claims to protec tion and kind treatment . His countenance is mild and modest , expressing a languid patience ; his de portment simple and unaffected ; and his pace , tho ' not swift , is uniform and unabated . His service is ...
... superior claims to protec tion and kind treatment . His countenance is mild and modest , expressing a languid patience ; his de portment simple and unaffected ; and his pace , tho ' not swift , is uniform and unabated . His service is ...
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... superior are the amusements of gardening and agriculture , and how much more innocent are the di- versions of bowls , cricket , fives , and such like gym- nastics ! Much has been said respecting the propensity of dogs to pursue and kill ...
... superior are the amusements of gardening and agriculture , and how much more innocent are the di- versions of bowls , cricket , fives , and such like gym- nastics ! Much has been said respecting the propensity of dogs to pursue and kill ...
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... superior sympathy as well as superior dignity . Whence is it that the human heart can be so perverted and unnatural , as to receive emotions of pleasure from causes of pity ; repay tears , with slaughter ; shrieks of pain with ac ...
... superior sympathy as well as superior dignity . Whence is it that the human heart can be so perverted and unnatural , as to receive emotions of pleasure from causes of pity ; repay tears , with slaughter ; shrieks of pain with ac ...
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... superior degree of instinct . I have many times , " continues Mr. Lawrence , " seen a mare walk through droves of young chicks and ducklings to the stable , lifting up her feet , laying her ears , and putting her nose almost to the ...
... superior degree of instinct . I have many times , " continues Mr. Lawrence , " seen a mare walk through droves of young chicks and ducklings to the stable , lifting up her feet , laying her ears , and putting her nose almost to the ...
Página 81
... superior to the same faculties in the human kind . The carrier pigeon is remarkable for the accuracy with which it returns to the spot whence it was conveyed . Lithgow assures us , that one of these birds will carry a letter from ...
... superior to the same faculties in the human kind . The carrier pigeon is remarkable for the accuracy with which it returns to the spot whence it was conveyed . Lithgow assures us , that one of these birds will carry a letter from ...
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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.