An Essay on the Philosophy, Study and Use of Natural HistoryWhite, Cochrane, 1813 - 236 pages |
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... discovered , appreciated , and procured ! Let him thus employ his mind , but for a few moments , and he must find that it was to an exami- nation and knowledge of natural bodies , and their qualities , that man was originally , and now ...
... discovered , appreciated , and procured ! Let him thus employ his mind , but for a few moments , and he must find that it was to an exami- nation and knowledge of natural bodies , and their qualities , that man was originally , and now ...
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... discovered within the compass of this green earth , whose proper- ties shall be found of valuable consequence to our species ? -Has our knowledge arrived at such an acme of perfection ? -Surely not ! Since , then , mankind have already ...
... discovered within the compass of this green earth , whose proper- ties shall be found of valuable consequence to our species ? -Has our knowledge arrived at such an acme of perfection ? -Surely not ! Since , then , mankind have already ...
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... discovered country , and see the out- lines of rocks , the shadows of mountains , the darkness of woods , the winding course of rivers , the placid surface of lakes , and the rolling billows of the great deep , extended far and wide ...
... discovered country , and see the out- lines of rocks , the shadows of mountains , the darkness of woods , the winding course of rivers , the placid surface of lakes , and the rolling billows of the great deep , extended far and wide ...
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... discovering the utility of all animated beings , either in the great scale of creation , or merely to man , are to be obtained by ascertaining the na- ture and extent of their faculties . The reasoning upon this subject which the ...
... discovering the utility of all animated beings , either in the great scale of creation , or merely to man , are to be obtained by ascertaining the na- ture and extent of their faculties . The reasoning upon this subject which the ...
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... discovered within the limits of this globe ; who have not sagacity to provide either clothing , or a place of ha- • See the account in Vancouver's Voyages . + Asiatic Researches , vol . iv . p . 401 , and Syme's Embassy to Ava , ch . i ...
... discovered within the limits of this globe ; who have not sagacity to provide either clothing , or a place of ha- • See the account in Vancouver's Voyages . + Asiatic Researches , vol . iv . p . 401 , and Syme's Embassy to Ava , ch . i ...
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Page 84 - 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.
Page 165 - Necessity, that imperious all-pervading law of nature, restrains them within the prescribed bounds. The race of plants and the race of animals shrink under this great restrictive law. And the race of man cannot, by any efforts of reason, escape from it.
Page 81 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man...
Page 197 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 191 - In vain, or not for admirable ends. Shall little haughty ignorance pronounce His works unwise, of which the smallest part Exceeds the narrow vision of her mind? As if upon a...
Page 97 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 179 - Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm.
Page 199 - But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night...
Page 81 - From different natures marvellously' mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds*! Distinguished link in being's endless chain*! Midway from nothing' to the Deity*! A beam ethereal', sullied', and absorpt*! Though sullied*, and dishonour'd', still divine*? Dim miniature' of greatness absolute*! An heir of glory/! a frail child of dust*! Helpless immortal'! insect infinite*! A worm'! a god*! — I tremble' at myself, And in myself am lost*!
Page 74 - He knew his lord ; he knew, and strove to meet ; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.