On the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of Animals and in Their History Habits and Instincts, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1835 |
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... employed to express the same powers , we shall find that generally speaking , the word heaven , or the heavens , and symbolically the cherubim , are used for that purpose . But upon this subject , which has considerable bearing upon the ...
... employed to express the same powers , we shall find that generally speaking , the word heaven , or the heavens , and symbolically the cherubim , are used for that purpose . But upon this subject , which has considerable bearing upon the ...
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... employed all the energy of his powerful mind to persuade the learned theologian , that for the discovery of physical truth we must have recourse to induction from experiment and soberly conducted in- vestigation of physical phenomena ...
... employed all the energy of his powerful mind to persuade the learned theologian , that for the discovery of physical truth we must have recourse to induction from experiment and soberly conducted in- vestigation of physical phenomena ...
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... employed and directed as his agents in the formation and government of the globe we inhabit , and of the whole universe . " But we , " says Bacon , " dedicate or erect no capitol or pyramid to the pride of men ; but , in the human ...
... employed and directed as his agents in the formation and government of the globe we inhabit , and of the whole universe . " But we , " says Bacon , " dedicate or erect no capitol or pyramid to the pride of men ; but , in the human ...
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... employing them as instruments both of good or evil , of blessing and cursing . That the cherubim are powers or rulers in nature is evident , as was before observed , from their symbols - the man , the lion , the ox , and the eagle . It ...
... employing them as instruments both of good or evil , of blessing and cursing . That the cherubim are powers or rulers in nature is evident , as was before observed , from their symbols - the man , the lion , the ox , and the eagle . It ...
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... employed to sig- nify the heavens and heavenly powers , one of which ' is usually rendered the Heavens ; ano- ther , the Sky ; and a third , ' the Firmament . I shall consider each of these terms . 1. Heaven , or the heavens . - This ...
... employed to sig- nify the heavens and heavenly powers , one of which ' is usually rendered the Heavens ; ano- ther , the Sky ; and a third , ' the Firmament . I shall consider each of these terms . 1. Heaven , or the heavens . - This ...
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action ALEXANDER DYCE alluded Almighty amongst animal kingdom animalcules appears Aristotle belonging birds bivalve body byssus called cause Cephalopods cherubim circumstances climate cloud colour common consider creation Creator crown 8vo Crustaceans Cuvier Deity deluge derived direction Divine earth Echinoderms edition evidently exhibit eyes fishes fixed fluid foot furnished genus globe habits head heavens herbivorous Heteropods Holy Ibid infinite Infusories inhabit insects instinct Irenæus JOHN MITFORD kind Lamarck latter legs Linné Lord maxillæ means migrations Molluscans motion mountains mouth multivalve nature nutriment object observed ocean operculum organs orifice physical plants PLATE POEMS polypes powers prey probably produced quadrupeds race regard rendered resembling respect rocks Salpes says Scripture seems shell shell-fish singular species spines Spirit station substance suckers surface tentacles terrestrial terrestrial animals things tion tribe univalves valves various vegetable whole WILLIAM PICKERING word worms Zoophytes
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Page 142 - 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.
Page ci - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 72 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 72 - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page lxxvii - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Page cviii - For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth: (For righteousness is immortal:) But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them...
Page lxxxv - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 43 - And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.
Page lix - For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...
Page cviii - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :