An Essay on the Philosophy, Study and Use of Natural HistoryWhite, Cochrane, 1813 - 236 pages |
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... possessing the highest in- terest , they cease to have any influence on ordinary minds when their novelty has passed away ; and , generally , they are least valued by those to whom they are most frequently presented . Man is very frail ...
... possessing the highest in- terest , they cease to have any influence on ordinary minds when their novelty has passed away ; and , generally , they are least valued by those to whom they are most frequently presented . Man is very frail ...
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... possessed the most interest , for the first subjects of his investigation ; and , that animals are more interesting than vegetables , or minerals , there can surely be no doubt ; since they alone , of all the works of GOD , here below ...
... possessed the most interest , for the first subjects of his investigation ; and , that animals are more interesting than vegetables , or minerals , there can surely be no doubt ; since they alone , of all the works of GOD , here below ...
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... possessed in common with man and inferior animals ; this author attempts to prove , that it is the sole principle of action in the one , whilst in the other it is obedient to a higher , more mysterious powerful , and less definable ...
... possessed in common with man and inferior animals ; this author attempts to prove , that it is the sole principle of action in the one , whilst in the other it is obedient to a higher , more mysterious powerful , and less definable ...
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... possessed by man , or the greater part of them , only in a much less , and more limited , degree . I be- lieve that mind , in whatever animal it may be found , will admit of the same definitions ; and it is by the criterion of those ...
... possessed by man , or the greater part of them , only in a much less , and more limited , degree . I be- lieve that mind , in whatever animal it may be found , will admit of the same definitions ; and it is by the criterion of those ...
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... possessed . It seems to me that circumstances have a greater effect on the senses , and upon those appetites necessary for the support of the corporeal powers , than upon the higher intellectual faculties . Of the sagacity of the ...
... possessed . It seems to me that circumstances have a greater effect on the senses , and upon those appetites necessary for the support of the corporeal powers , than upon the higher intellectual faculties . Of the sagacity of the ...
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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.