Insecto-theology: Or, a Demonstration of the Being and Perfections of God, from a Consideration of the Structure and Economy of Insects. Illustrated with a Copperplate. By M. Lesser: with Notes, by P. LyonetWilliam Creech; and T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, London, 1799 - 439 Seiten |
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... feem lefs wonderful than the labour of an ant . " • If you talk of a ftone , fays St Bafil , of a gnat or of a bee , your difccurie is a fort of demonftration of the power of him who formed them ; for the wifdom of the workman generally ...
... feem lefs wonderful than the labour of an ant . " • If you talk of a ftone , fays St Bafil , of a gnat or of a bee , your difccurie is a fort of demonftration of the power of him who formed them ; for the wifdom of the workman generally ...
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... feem to be almost nothing . It is in them we difcover the perfection of wisdom and of power . How could fpace enough be found in the body of a gnat , not to speak of other animals fill more minute , for thofe organs , that are the ...
... feem to be almost nothing . It is in them we difcover the perfection of wisdom and of power . How could fpace enough be found in the body of a gnat , not to speak of other animals fill more minute , for thofe organs , that are the ...
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... feem particularly con- fpicuous in the formation of the moft minute . Can we , then , justly neglect fuch a call upon our wor- ship and adoration ! However fmall thefe creatures are , even those which are with difficulty discovered by ...
... feem particularly con- fpicuous in the formation of the moft minute . Can we , then , justly neglect fuch a call upon our wor- ship and adoration ! However fmall thefe creatures are , even those which are with difficulty discovered by ...
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... feem to be revived by the heat which puts their humours in circulation , and makes them perform various contorfions . But . neither the one nor the other take the leaft nourifh- ment during the time they continue in the pupa ftate . The ...
... feem to be revived by the heat which puts their humours in circulation , and makes them perform various contorfions . But . neither the one nor the other take the leaft nourifh- ment during the time they continue in the pupa ftate . The ...
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... feem mutually to counteract and deftroy each other ? It is God alone , whose power is unbounded , and whofe wifdom is unfearch- able . He prefides over all thofe various motions ; he preferves and directs them , and prevents them from ...
... feem mutually to counteract and deftroy each other ? It is God alone , whose power is unbounded , and whofe wifdom is unfearch- able . He prefides over all thofe various motions ; he preferves and directs them , and prevents them from ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 49 - Kings of the earth, and all people ; Princes, and all judges of the earth : Both young men, and maidens ; Old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the LORD: For his name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heaven.
Seite 257 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into AN IMAGE made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Seite 73 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Seite 273 - Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Seite 277 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Seite 73 - They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Seite 273 - Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Seite 273 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Seite 268 - And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
Seite 273 - Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold, a feast unto the LORD.