The Works of William Paley: Natural TheologyC. and J. Rivington and J. Nunn, 1825 |
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... Proboscis . Metamorphosis of insects . Care of eggs . Observations limited to particular species . Thread of silk - worm and spider . Wax and honey of bee . Sting of bee . Forceps of the panorpa tribe . CONTENTS . xi.
... Proboscis . Metamorphosis of insects . Care of eggs . Observations limited to particular species . Thread of silk - worm and spider . Wax and honey of bee . Sting of bee . Forceps of the panorpa tribe . CONTENTS . xi.
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... observe a flexible chain ( artificially wrought for the sake of flexure ) communicating the action of the spring ... observed and understood ) , the inference we think is inevitable , that the watch must have had a maker : that there ...
... observe a flexible chain ( artificially wrought for the sake of flexure ) communicating the action of the spring ... observed and understood ) , the inference we think is inevitable , that the watch must have had a maker : that there ...
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... observed in it , it possessed the unexpected property of producing , in the course of its movement , another watch ... observation , nothing but an additional reason for doing what he had already done , -for referring the construc- tion ...
... observed in it , it possessed the unexpected property of producing , in the course of its movement , another watch ... observation , nothing but an additional reason for doing what he had already done , -for referring the construc- tion ...
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... observe , what the constitution of the eye is . It is ne- cessary , in order to produce distinct vision , that an ... observation demonstrate , that the formation of an image at the bottom of the eye is necessary to perfect vision . The ...
... observe , what the constitution of the eye is . It is ne- cessary , in order to produce distinct vision , that an ... observation demonstrate , that the formation of an image at the bottom of the eye is necessary to perfect vision . The ...
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... observed , that this hole in the eye , which we call the pupil , under all its different dimensions , retains its exact circular shape . This is a structure extremely arti- ficial . Let an artist only try to execute the same ; he will ...
... observed , that this hole in the eye , which we call the pupil , under all its different dimensions , retains its exact circular shape . This is a structure extremely arti- ficial . Let an artist only try to execute the same ; he will ...
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Términos y frases comunes
action adapted admissible laws aliment amongst animal answer appears attraction birds blood body bones brane called cartilage cause cavity centre cerning chyle common constitution contraction contrivance Creator degree Deity direction distance distinct drupeds earth effect eustachian tube existence experience farther feathers fibres fish flowers fluid gastric juice gizzard head hinge-joint human insects instance instruments intelligence intestines joint lacteal law of attraction less ligament light lungs means mechanism membrane motion mouth mucilage muscles muscular nature necessary nictitating membrane object observed œconomy operation organ organisation oviparous particles particular perceive perhaps plant principle proboscis produced properties purpose quadrupeds reason relation respect round secondly seed sense shell species spissitude stomach structure substance suppose surface teeth tendons terrestrial animals thing thread tion tribe tube variety vertebræ vessels wanted watch whilst wings
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Página xvii - 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 I had before given, — that, for any thing I knew, the watch might have always been there.
Página 313 - 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 321 - ... this is to irritate; this to inflame; this duct is to convey the gravel to the kidneys; this gland to secrete the humour which forms the gout.
Página 370 - I say that, if one train of thinking be more desirable than another, it is that which regards the phenomena of nature with a constant reference to a supreme intelligent Author. To have made this the ruling, the habitual sentiment of our minds, is to have laid the foundation of everything which is religious. The world thenceforth becomes a temple, and life itself one continued act of adoration.
Página 285 - 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 " law
Página 318 - One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness of the Creator is, the very extensiveness of his bounty. We prize but little what we share only in common with the rest, or with the generality of our species. When we hear of blessings, we think forthwith of successes, of prosperous fortunes, of...
Página 9 - For instance; these laws require, in order to produce the same effect, that the rays of light, in passing from water into the eye, should be refracted by a more convex surface than when it passes out of air into the eye. Accordingly we find that the eye of a fish, in that part of it called the crystalline lens, is much rounder than the eye of terrestrial animals. What plainer manifestation of design can there be than this difference...
Página 103 - Consider what an affair this is, when we come to very large animals. The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the waterworks 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 1 - 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 law does nothing, is nothing. The expression, "the law of metallic nature," may sound strange and harsh to a philosophic ear; but it seems quite as justifiable as some others which are more familiar to him, such as "the law of vegetable nature,
Página 148 - A friend of mine counted fifty of these fibres in one twentieth of an inch. These fibres are crooked ; but curved after a different manner : for those which proceed from the thread on the side towards...