Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity,: Collected from the Appearances of NatureR. Faulder, 1811 - 548 páginas |
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Página 21
... close affi- nity , and under the operation of equal evi- dence , to exclude contrivance from the one ; yet to acknowledge the proof of contrivance having been employed , as the plainest and clearest of all propositions , in the other ...
... close affi- nity , and under the operation of equal evi- dence , to exclude contrivance from the one ; yet to acknowledge the proof of contrivance having been employed , as the plainest and clearest of all propositions , in the other ...
Página 98
... close- ness of the junction , give to the chain its firm- ness and stability ; the number of parts , and consequent frequency of joints , its flexibility . Which flexibility , we may also observe , varies in 98 OF MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENT.
... close- ness of the junction , give to the chain its firm- ness and stability ; the number of parts , and consequent frequency of joints , its flexibility . Which flexibility , we may also observe , varies in 98 OF MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENT.
Página 99
... close , uninter- rupted channel ; at least , whilst the spine is upright , and at rest . But , as a settled pos- ture is inconsistent with its use , a great diffi- culty still remained , which was to prevent the vertebræ shifting upon ...
... close , uninter- rupted channel ; at least , whilst the spine is upright , and at rest . But , as a settled pos- ture is inconsistent with its use , a great diffi- culty still remained , which was to prevent the vertebræ shifting upon ...
Página 111
... close application to each other . For the ball and socket joint , beside the membrane already described , there is in some important joints , as an additional security , a short , strong , yet flexible ligament , inserted by one end ...
... close application to each other . For the ball and socket joint , beside the membrane already described , there is in some important joints , as an additional security , a short , strong , yet flexible ligament , inserted by one end ...
Página 136
... close upon the body from which the nutriment is drawn . This is a circumstance which always appear- ed to me worthy of notice . The nose would have been necessary , although it had not been the organ of smelling . The making it the seat ...
... close upon the body from which the nutriment is drawn . This is a circumstance which always appear- ed to me worthy of notice . The nose would have been necessary , although it had not been the organ of smelling . The making it the seat ...
Términos y frases comunes
action adapted admissible laws aliment amongst Anat animal bodies answer appears arteries birds blood bones brane called carried cartilage cause cavity chyle constitution contraction contrivance Creator degree Deity digestion direction distinct duodenum earth effect eustachian tube evident existence experience feather fibres fish fluid gastric juice gizzard gland head heart hinge-joint human insects instance instruments intelligence intestines joint lacteals larynx laws legs less ligament limbs lungs mastication means mecha mechanism membrane ment mesentery motion mouth mucilage muscles muscular nature necessary neck object observed operation organ oviparous particular pectoral fin perceive perhaps pipe plants principle proboscis produced properties purpose quadrupeds reason relation respect seed sense shell side species spissitude stomach structure substance suppose surface teeth tendons terrestrial animals thing tion tube valves variety vertebræ vessels wanted watch whilst wings
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Página 482 - If he had been indifferent about our happiness or misery, we must impute to our good fortune (as all design by this supposition is excluded) both the capacity of our senses to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it.
Página 452 - Swarms of new-born flies are trying their pinions in the air. Their sportive motions, their wanton mazes, their gratuitous activity, their continual change of place without use or purpose, testify their joy, and the exultation which they feel in their lately discovered faculties.
Página 18 - I mean that the contrivances of nature surpass the contrivances of art in the complexity, subtilty, and curiosity of the mechanism ; and still more, if possible, do they go beyond them in number and variety : yet, in a multitude of cases, are not less evidently mechanical, not less evidently contrivances, not less evidently accommodated to their end, or suited to their office, than are the most perfect productions of human ingenuity.
Página 464 - ... this is to irritate; this to inflame; this duct is to convey the gravel to the kidneys; this gland to secrete the humor which forms the gout.
Página 1 - In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer.
Página 1 - I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should hardly think of the answer which...
Página 462 - He might have made, for example, every thing we tasted, bitter; every thing we saw, loathsome ; every thing we touched, a sting: every smell, a stench; and every sound, a discord.
Página 154 - The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London Bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior, in impetus and velocity, to the blood gushing from the whale's heart.
Página 7 - And not less surprised to be informed that the watch in his hand was nothing more than the result of the laws of metallic nature.
Página 7 - A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode, according .to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power ; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the hue does nothing, is nothing. The expression, " the law of metallic nature...