An essay on the philosophy, study, and use of natural historyWhite, Cochrane, and Company, 1813 - 236 pages |
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... tion of the Nature of Animals . On the State of Man . His Free Agency . Predestination . The Doctrines of Chance . Atheism ... 88 CHAP . VI . On the Extent of Man's Dominion over animated Na- ture , and of the Caution he ought to ...
... tion of the Nature of Animals . On the State of Man . His Free Agency . Predestination . The Doctrines of Chance . Atheism ... 88 CHAP . VI . On the Extent of Man's Dominion over animated Na- ture , and of the Caution he ought to ...
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... those animals . * According to ROLLIN , 800 attic talents of gold must have amounted to a sum exceeding two millions sterling of our money ! The consequences of this extraordinary atten- tion and liberality manifested PREFACE . xxix.
... those animals . * According to ROLLIN , 800 attic talents of gold must have amounted to a sum exceeding two millions sterling of our money ! The consequences of this extraordinary atten- tion and liberality manifested PREFACE . xxix.
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Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) The consequences of this extraordinary atten- tion and liberality manifested themselves in the im- mortal works of ARISTOTLE , which became of such general utility , and importance , that , as SMELLIE ...
Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) The consequences of this extraordinary atten- tion and liberality manifested themselves in the im- mortal works of ARISTOTLE , which became of such general utility , and importance , that , as SMELLIE ...
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... tion of this most necessary and valuable knowledge ? Let him first consider those things without which he could not exist ; food and raiment ! Let him take a view of the materials of art , and of what they consist ! Let him remember in ...
... tion of this most necessary and valuable knowledge ? Let him first consider those things without which he could not exist ; food and raiment ! Let him take a view of the materials of art , and of what they consist ! Let him remember in ...
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... tion + to those parts which more immediately bear upon the comparative merits in ques- tion . To trace , and to ascertain , the different degrees of mental power which are pos- * See his Nat . Hist . General and Particular , by Smellie ...
... tion + to those parts which more immediately bear upon the comparative merits in ques- tion . To trace , and to ascertain , the different degrees of mental power which are pos- * See his Nat . Hist . General and Particular , by Smellie ...
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