The Book of Nature, Volumen1Wells and Lilly, 1826 |
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... probable that Mr. Pope was imposed upon by his noble patron , and was not suffici- ently alive to the full tendency of its principles . The critics on the Continent , however , per- ceived the tendency on its first appearance ; and ...
... probable that Mr. Pope was imposed upon by his noble patron , and was not suffici- ently alive to the full tendency of its principles . The critics on the Continent , however , per- ceived the tendency on its first appearance ; and ...
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... probable they were surrounded , and to which they may have given light and fructifying seasons , as the sun gives light and fruitfulness to the earth , have utterly vanished , and the spots which they occupied in the heavens have become ...
... probable they were surrounded , and to which they may have given light and fructifying seasons , as the sun gives light and fruitfulness to the earth , have utterly vanished , and the spots which they occupied in the heavens have become ...
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... Humphry Davy , Phil . Trans . for 1813 , p . 250 : and it is , hence , probable that we are not yet put into possession of the proper results . guishable even by their colour ; as minium or red PRINCIPLES OF THINGS . 477.
... Humphry Davy , Phil . Trans . for 1813 , p . 250 : and it is , hence , probable that we are not yet put into possession of the proper results . guishable even by their colour ; as minium or red PRINCIPLES OF THINGS . 477.
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... probable that God , in the beginning , formed matter in solid , massy , hard , impenetrable , move- able particles ; of such sizes and figures , and with such other properties , and in such propor tion to space , as most conduced to the ...
... probable that God , in the beginning , formed matter in solid , massy , hard , impenetrable , move- able particles ; of such sizes and figures , and with such other properties , and in such propor tion to space , as most conduced to the ...
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... probable that God , in the beginning , formed matter in solid , massy , hard , impenetrable , move- able particles ; of such sizes and figures , and with such other properties , and in such propor- tion to space , as most conduced to ...
... probable that God , in the beginning , formed matter in solid , massy , hard , impenetrable , move- able particles ; of such sizes and figures , and with such other properties , and in such propor- tion to space , as most conduced to ...
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Página 32 - 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 143 - 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 55 - 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 34 - Wisdom's mien celestial. From the first Of days, on them his love divine he fix'd, His admiration : till in time complete, What he admired and loved, his vital smile Unfolded into being. Hence the breath Of life informing each organic frame, Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves; Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold ; And clear autumnal skies, and vernal showers, And all the fair variety of things.
Página 335 - Nothing is foreign; parts relate to whole; One all-extending, all-preserving soul Connects each being, greatest with the least, Made beast in aid of man, and man of beast; All served, all serving; nothing stands alone; The chain holds on, and where it ends unknown.
Página 9 - 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.
Página 55 - 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 in the various Separations and new Associations and Motions of these permanent Particles; compound Bodies being apt to break, not in the midst of solid Particles, but where those Particles are laid together, and only touch in a few Points.
Página 54 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...
Página 32 - 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 8 - Who knows but He, whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms, Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind...