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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... lefs diligent in the im- provement of his mind . Being placed at the Latin fchool , he learned chronology , and exercised himself in Latin , Greek , and French poetry , as alfo in Hebrew , Logic , and the Car- tefian Phyfics . He was ...
... lefs diligent in the im- provement of his mind . Being placed at the Latin fchool , he learned chronology , and exercised himself in Latin , Greek , and French poetry , as alfo in Hebrew , Logic , and the Car- tefian Phyfics . He was ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... lefs important ; and I flatter my- felf , that if , free from prejudice , he will deign to weigh them maturely , he will not condemn my at- tempt . Far from claffing me with that Emperor who fpent his life in catching flies , he will ...
... lefs important ; and I flatter my- felf , that if , free from prejudice , he will deign to weigh them maturely , he will not condemn my at- tempt . Far from claffing me with that Emperor who fpent his life in catching flies , he will ...
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... lefs difficult to confider the almoft infinite di- versity of infects fpread through the air , over the earth and in the waters . If the telescope of an aftro- nomer allows him to difcover a thousand things , wonderful from their bulk ...
... lefs difficult to confider the almoft infinite di- versity of infects fpread through the air , over the earth and in the waters . If the telescope of an aftro- nomer allows him to difcover a thousand things , wonderful from their bulk ...
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... lefs than to the other fpecies of living creatures . And if it was given to them , muft they not be subject to the fame laws , and perpetuate themfelves in the fame manner ? If we attend to the foregoing reafoning we shall be easily ...
... lefs than to the other fpecies of living creatures . And if it was given to them , muft they not be subject to the fame laws , and perpetuate themfelves in the fame manner ? If we attend to the foregoing reafoning we shall be easily ...
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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.