The Book of NatureHarper & Brothers, 1834 - 467 páginas |
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Página 36
... fluids , the last of which seems in truth to be only a peculiar modification of the second , together with other substances or qualities which in subtilty and activity have a considerable resemblance to them , as light and the magnetic ...
... fluids , the last of which seems in truth to be only a peculiar modification of the second , together with other substances or qualities which in subtilty and activity have a considerable resemblance to them , as light and the magnetic ...
Página 37
... fluids and caloric are material as well as the fluid of light ; but , to do this , he is compelled to alter the common definition of matter , and to con- tend that matter does not necessarily possess gravitation or aggregation . † The ...
... fluids and caloric are material as well as the fluid of light ; but , to do this , he is compelled to alter the common definition of matter , and to con- tend that matter does not necessarily possess gravitation or aggregation . † The ...
Página 47
... fluid , existing independently of all stars or planets , though origin- ally , perhaps , emitted from them ; aggregated by a variety of causes that tend to give its minute particles unity ; sometimes forming new stars by its ...
... fluid , existing independently of all stars or planets , though origin- ally , perhaps , emitted from them ; aggregated by a variety of causes that tend to give its minute particles unity ; sometimes forming new stars by its ...
Página 48
... fluids , we know nothing but from their effects , and can only say of each - stat nominis umbra . Is physical science , then , a vain show ? -a mere house of cards , built up for the sole purpose of being pulled down again ? -Assuredly ...
... fluids , we know nothing but from their effects , and can only say of each - stat nominis umbra . Is physical science , then , a vain show ? -a mere house of cards , built up for the sole purpose of being pulled down again ? -Assuredly ...
Página 52
... fluids appears to admit a part of the other fluid into its pores ; a fact of which there can be but little doubt , since , if no evaporation be allowed to take place , though the bulk of the mixture is somewhat diminished , its weight ...
... fluids appears to admit a part of the other fluid into its pores ; a fact of which there can be but little doubt , since , if no evaporation be allowed to take place , though the bulk of the mixture is somewhat diminished , its weight ...
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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 living Lucretius mankind manner material matter means mind 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
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Página 331 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Página xii - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Página 392 - HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content ! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die...
Página 36 - 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.
Página 325 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Página xxi - 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.
Página 401 - Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty...
Página 70 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Página 450 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety?
Página 425 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.