Essays on the Wisdom of Godauthor, 1818 - 512 pages |
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Page 23
... contrivance ! The uses to which atmospheric air is destined , are most important . Plunged into any other element , as soon as we come into this world , the end of our creation would be lost in the immediate extinction of the vital ...
... contrivance ! The uses to which atmospheric air is destined , are most important . Plunged into any other element , as soon as we come into this world , the end of our creation would be lost in the immediate extinction of the vital ...
Page 54
... contrivance . I shall here mention its various parts , with a short descrip- tion of each , and its uses in promoting the grand design . This description , indeed , does not abso- lutely apply to all flowers , but to flowers in general ...
... contrivance . I shall here mention its various parts , with a short descrip- tion of each , and its uses in promoting the grand design . This description , indeed , does not abso- lutely apply to all flowers , but to flowers in general ...
Page 58
... contrivance is readily seen by opening the keel - leaf of the flowers of the broom before they burst spontaneously . A similar contrivance appears in the BOLLOTA . The two lower stamens become mature before the two higher . After they ...
... contrivance is readily seen by opening the keel - leaf of the flowers of the broom before they burst spontaneously . A similar contrivance appears in the BOLLOTA . The two lower stamens become mature before the two higher . After they ...
Page 80
... contrivance could be more mechanical , or better adapted to the end of its formation " ; and yet it requires so small a quantity of matter , that a feather is but very little specifically heavier than the air through which it assists ...
... contrivance could be more mechanical , or better adapted to the end of its formation " ; and yet it requires so small a quantity of matter , that a feather is but very little specifically heavier than the air through which it assists ...
Page 87
... contrivance is rendered necessary on the one hand , by the nature of the food on which this description of birds feed ; and on the other , by their want of teeth , and the means of mastication in their mouths , with which most other ...
... contrivance is rendered necessary on the one hand , by the nature of the food on which this description of birds feed ; and on the other , by their want of teeth , and the means of mastication in their mouths , with which most other ...
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