Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the DeityGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 420 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... whole : by different species of animals the faculty we are describing is possess- ed , in degrees suited to the different range of vision which their mode of life , and of procuring their food , requires . Birds , for instance , in ...
... whole : by different species of animals the faculty we are describing is possess- ed , in degrees suited to the different range of vision which their mode of life , and of procuring their food , requires . Birds , for instance , in ...
Pagina 22
... whole progress ; for it is only by means of that perception that the motion of the coach it- self is made sensible to the eye . If anything can abate our admiration of the smallness of the visual tablet compar- ed with the extent of ...
... whole progress ; for it is only by means of that perception that the motion of the coach it- self is made sensible to the eye . If anything can abate our admiration of the smallness of the visual tablet compar- ed with the extent of ...
Pagina 25
... whole eye , required a longer muscle than could lie straight at the bottom of the eye . Therefore , in order to have a greater length in a less compass , the cord of the main muscle makes an angle . This , so far , answers the end ; but ...
... whole eye , required a longer muscle than could lie straight at the bottom of the eye . Therefore , in order to have a greater length in a less compass , the cord of the main muscle makes an angle . This , so far , answers the end ; but ...
Pagina 28
... whole labyrinth hewn out of a rock ; that is , wrought into the substance of the hardest bone of the body . This assemblage of con- nected parts constitutes together an apparatus , plainly enough relative to the transmission of sound ...
... whole labyrinth hewn out of a rock ; that is , wrought into the substance of the hardest bone of the body . This assemblage of con- nected parts constitutes together an apparatus , plainly enough relative to the transmission of sound ...
Pagina 33
... whole race of animals , for the accomplishment of a purpose which it is not called upon to accomplish in one instance out of a thousand . If the reader will examine the several atheistical modes of evading the force of the arguments for ...
... whole race of animals , for the accomplishment of a purpose which it is not called upon to accomplish in one instance out of a thousand . If the reader will examine the several atheistical modes of evading the force of the arguments for ...
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