Natural theology; or, Evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity, illustr. by plates and notes by J. PaxtonJ. Vincent., 1826 |
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Pagina 9
... strong would the proof appear , when he came to the knowledge of this further property , the crown and perfection of all the rest . II . He would reflect , that though the watch before him were , in some sense , the maker of the watch ...
... strong would the proof appear , when he came to the knowledge of this further property , the crown and perfection of all the rest . II . He would reflect , that though the watch before him were , in some sense , the maker of the watch ...
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... strong and firm , and is the support of the spherical figure of the eye ; it is deficient in the centre , but that part is supplied by the cornea , which is transparent and projects like the segment of a small globe from one of larger ...
... strong and firm , and is the support of the spherical figure of the eye ; it is deficient in the centre , but that part is supplied by the cornea , which is transparent and projects like the segment of a small globe from one of larger ...
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... strong , can again contract it ; and that without any other assistance than that of its own exquisite machinery . It is further also , in the human subject , to be observed , that this hole in the eye , which we call the pupil , under ...
... strong , can again contract it ; and that without any other assistance than that of its own exquisite machinery . It is further also , in the human subject , to be observed , that this hole in the eye , which we call the pupil , under ...
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... strong and fleshy , and are inserted by broad thin tendons at the fore part of the globe of the eye , into the tunica sclerotica . The internal changes of the eye are chiefly accomplished by the pressure of these muscles on the ball ...
... strong and fleshy , and are inserted by broad thin tendons at the fore part of the globe of the eye , into the tunica sclerotica . The internal changes of the eye are chiefly accomplished by the pressure of these muscles on the ball ...
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... strong degrees of light and with weak degrees , upon near objects and upon remote ones , and these differences demanded , according to the laws by which the transmission of light is regulated , a corresponding diversity of structure ...
... strong degrees of light and with weak degrees , upon near objects and upon remote ones , and these differences demanded , according to the laws by which the transmission of light is regulated , a corresponding diversity of structure ...
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Natural Theology, Or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity ... William Paley Volledige weergave - 1803 |
Natural Theology: or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity ... William Paley Volledige weergave - 1803 |
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Pagina 4 - ... the inference we think is inevitable, that the watch must have had a maker: that there must have existed, at some time, and at some place or other, an artificer or artificers who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer: who comprehended its construction, and designed its use.
Pagina 151 - 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.
Pagina 160 - Contrivance proves design ; and the predominant tendency of the contrivance indicates the disposition of the designer. The world abounds with contrivances ; and all the contrivances which we are acquainted with are directed to beneficial purposes.
Pagina 152 - If we look to what the waters produce, shoals of the fry of fish frequent the margins of rivers, of lakes, and of the sea itself. These are so happy, that they know not what to do with themselves. Their attitudes, their vivacity, their leaps out of the water, their frolics in it (\vhich I have noticed a thousand times with equal attention and amusement,) all conduce to show their excess of spirits, and are simply the effects of that excess.
Pagina 156 - This shows that the common course of things is in favour of happiness ; that happiness is the rule, misery the exception. Were the order reversed, our attention would be called to examples of health and competency, instead of disease and want.
Pagina 145 - 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.
Pagina 11 - There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance without a contriver; order without choice; arrangement, without any thing capable of arranging; subserviency and relation to a purpose, without that which could intend a purpose; means suitable to an end, and executing their office in accomplishing that end, without the end ever having been contemplated, or the means accommodated to it. Arrangement, disposition of parts, subserviency of means to an end, relation of instruments to an use, imply...
Pagina 154 - But it is not for youth alone that the great Parent of creation hath provided. Happiness is found with the purring cat, no less than with the playful kitten ; in the arm-chair of dozing age, as well as in either the sprightliness of the dance or the animation of the chase.
Pagina 145 - ... does. The light from a fixed star affects our eyes in the same manner, is refracted and reflected according to the same laws, as the light of a candle. The velocity of the light of the fixed stars is also the same as the velocity of the light of the sun, reflected from the satellites of Jupiter. The heat of the sun, in kind, differs nothing from the heat of a coal fire.
Pagina 202 - The human animal is the only one which is naked, and the only one which can clothe itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature of his habitation. Had he been born with a fleece upon his back, although he might have been comforted by its warmth in high latitudes, it would have oppressed him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the equator.