The Book of Nature, Volumen2J. & J. Harper, 1828 - 530 páginas |
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... former times ; and especially - - 289 - 303 that of Greece and Rome - 319 XII . On the Dark or Middle Ages - 332 XIII . On the Revival of Literature - 347 SERIES III . NATURE OF THE MIND ITS GENERAL FACULTIES AND FURNITURE . LECT . PAGE ...
... former times ; and especially - - 289 - 303 that of Greece and Rome - 319 XII . On the Dark or Middle Ages - 332 XIII . On the Revival of Literature - 347 SERIES III . NATURE OF THE MIND ITS GENERAL FACULTIES AND FURNITURE . LECT . PAGE ...
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... former of which he denominated monad ) are to be distinguished from each other : unity is an abstract conception , resembling primary or incorporeal matter in its general aggregate ; one appertains to things capable of being num- bered ...
... former of which he denominated monad ) are to be distinguished from each other : unity is an abstract conception , resembling primary or incorporeal matter in its general aggregate ; one appertains to things capable of being num- bered ...
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... former astronomers , who ascribed such appearance to the mixed light thrown forth from clusters of stars too remote to be reached by the best telescopes , he now resolves , as we shall have occasion to show more mi- nutely in due time ...
... former astronomers , who ascribed such appearance to the mixed light thrown forth from clusters of stars too remote to be reached by the best telescopes , he now resolves , as we shall have occasion to show more mi- nutely in due time ...
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... former , it will give to the former , in like manner , the whole possession of its quiescence , and the state of each will be completely reversed ; the ball hitherto at rest proceeding with all the velocity of that hitherto in motion ...
... former , it will give to the former , in like manner , the whole possession of its quiescence , and the state of each will be completely reversed ; the ball hitherto at rest proceeding with all the velocity of that hitherto in motion ...
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... former accuracy ; the at- traction diminishing as the distance once more increases . * In like man- ner , Studor remarks that beams of steel become sometimes erroneous by acquiring magnetic polarity . † It is by the same means that the ...
... former accuracy ; the at- traction diminishing as the distance once more increases . * In like man- ner , Studor remarks that beams of steel become sometimes erroneous by acquiring magnetic polarity . † It is by the same means that the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acid action adverted already observed animal appears Aristotle arteries atmosphere attraction birds blood body bones called capable carbone carbonic acid cause character chemical affinity chiefly chyle colour common conceived consequence consists constitutes cotyledon curious cuticle Cuvier degree denominated distinct doctrine earth elementary Empedocles Epicurus equally existence external fact fibres fishes fluid formation gastric juice genus gneiss gravitation heart heat hence ideas insects instances instinct intelligence kind lacteals Lect lecture less Lucretius lungs manner material matter means minute motion muscles muscular nature occasionally organs origin oxyde oxygene particles peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions phænomena Phil philosophers plants Plato possess present principle produced proof properties proportion putrefaction Pythagoras quadrupeds radicles rocks secernent secreted sensation sense skin solid species stomach substance supposed surface theory thing tion traced tribes variety various vegetable vessels whence whole worms zoophytes
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Página 383 - 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 preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Página 26 - 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.
Página 493 - O, that the slave had forty thousand lives ! One is too poor, too weak for my revenge. Now do I see 'tis true. Look here, lago ; All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven : 'Tis gone. Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell ! Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne To tyrannous hate ! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught, For 'tis of aspics
Página 466 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 495 - Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance haiL Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She...
Página 425 - In time the mind comes to reflect on its own operations, about the ideas got by sensation, and thereby stores itself with a new set of ideas, which I call ideas of reflection.
Página 511 - He spoke, and headlong from the mountain's height Deep in the roaring tide he plunged to endless night.
Página 34 - 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. Water and earth composed of old worn particles and fragments of particles, would not be of the same nature and texture now with water and earth composed of entire particles in the beginning. And therefore that nature may be lasting, the changes of corporeal things are to be placed only...
Página 26 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Página 407 - ... some motion must be thence continued by our nerves, or animal spirits, by some parts of our bodies, to the brains or the seat of sensation, there to produce in our minds the particular ideas we have of them.