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In crossing a heath , suppose I pitched my foot against a stone , and were asked
how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer , that , for any thing I
knew to the contrary , it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy
to ...
In crossing a heath , suppose I pitched my foot against a stone , and were asked
how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer , that , for any thing I
knew to the contrary , it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy
to ...
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on in the machine , or none which would have answered the use that is now
served by it . To reckon up a few of the plainest of these parts , and of their offices
, all tending to one result : -We see a cylindrical box containing a coiled elastic ...
on in the machine , or none which would have answered the use that is now
served by it . To reckon up a few of the plainest of these parts , and of their offices
, all tending to one result : -We see a cylindrical box containing a coiled elastic ...
Pagina 4
V. Nor , fifthly , would it yield his inquiry more satisfaction to be answered , that
there existed in things a principle of order , which had disposed the parts of the
watch into their present form and situation . He never knew a watch made by the
...
V. Nor , fifthly , would it yield his inquiry more satisfaction to be answered , that
there existed in things a principle of order , which had disposed the parts of the
watch into their present form and situation . He never knew a watch made by the
...
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We are now asking for the cause of that subserviency to a use , that relation to an
end , which we have remarked in the watch before No answer is given to this
question , by telling us that a preceding watch produced it . There cannot be
design ...
We are now asking for the cause of that subserviency to a use , that relation to an
end , which we have remarked in the watch before No answer is given to this
question , by telling us that a preceding watch produced it . There cannot be
design ...
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... 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 , still farther , it
makes ...
... 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 , still farther , it
makes ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature |
| Auteur | William Paley |
| Uitgever | Joseph Graham, 1839 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | The British Library |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 14 maart 2017 |
| Lengte | 375 pagina's |
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