Insecto-theology: Or, a Demonstration of the Being and Perfections of God, from a Consideration of the Structure and Economy of Insects. Illustrated with a Copperplate. By M. Lesser: with Notes, by P. LyonetWilliam Creech; and T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, London, 1799 - 439 pages |
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... cause must be attributed the different forms of things , and their existence in one form , rather than in another . This cannot be denied , without obliging ùs to maintain , that every thing in nature , fprang from nothing . But to what ...
... cause must be attributed the different forms of things , and their existence in one form , rather than in another . This cannot be denied , without obliging ùs to maintain , that every thing in nature , fprang from nothing . But to what ...
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... cause of all things , in a word to that being whom we know un- der the name of God . It is alfo this great Being whom the Scripture points out to us , as the general caufe of every thing that exifts . " Lift up your eyes on high , and ...
... cause of all things , in a word to that being whom we know un- der the name of God . It is alfo this great Being whom the Scripture points out to us , as the general caufe of every thing that exifts . " Lift up your eyes on high , and ...
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... cause of this may be , that they are then fatter , and that they have imparted a good number of thefe attendants to the young they have hatched . Thofe who have the care of poultry yards , know that pullets and geefe , are attacked by ...
... cause of this may be , that they are then fatter , and that they have imparted a good number of thefe attendants to the young they have hatched . Thofe who have the care of poultry yards , know that pullets and geefe , are attacked by ...
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... caused by an army of locufts , or if the Lord of the Manor ought to fuftain it ? It has been decided thus . If the accident which happens , is of fuch a nature that it could neither be forefeen nor prevented , the Lord of the Manor muft ...
... caused by an army of locufts , or if the Lord of the Manor ought to fuftain it ? It has been decided thus . If the accident which happens , is of fuch a nature that it could neither be forefeen nor prevented , the Lord of the Manor muft ...
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... from the extremities of the arteries , to en- ter into the veins ; but this infect has taught us the contrary . It infauates itfelf into the fkin , where it on . causes caufes violent pain , if care is not taken to 204 INSECTO-
... from the extremities of the arteries , to en- ter into the veins ; but this infect has taught us the contrary . It infauates itfelf into the fkin , where it on . causes caufes violent pain , if care is not taken to 204 INSECTO-
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Page 49 - Kings of the earth, and all people ; Princes, and all judges of the earth : Both young men, and maidens ; Old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the LORD: For his name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 257 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into AN IMAGE made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Page 73 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 273 - Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Page 277 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 73 - They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Page 273 - Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Page 273 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 268 - And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
Page 273 - Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold, a feast unto the LORD.