The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as Manifested in the Creation. Treatise I-IX.: On the power, wisdom and goodness of God, as manifested in the creation of animals, by William Kirby. 2d edW. Pickering, 1837 |
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... exhibit a striking and interesting con- trast to the fixed and unconscious vitality of the vegetable kingdom . But it was not the will of the beneficent Creator to leave such a blank and blot in his creation ; before he created man in ...
... exhibit a striking and interesting con- trast to the fixed and unconscious vitality of the vegetable kingdom . But it was not the will of the beneficent Creator to leave such a blank and blot in his creation ; before he created man in ...
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... individual form gifted and fitted to play the part assigned to it in the general plan of Providence , was brought into existence . The supposed ex- tinct animals all exhibit a relationship to those that we CREATION OF ANIMALS . 21.
... individual form gifted and fitted to play the part assigned to it in the general plan of Providence , was brought into existence . The supposed ex- tinct animals all exhibit a relationship to those that we CREATION OF ANIMALS . 21.
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tinct animals all exhibit a relationship to those that we now find existing , and many of them evidently fill up vacant places in the general system , and therefore there is no cause to suppose that they were originally separated from ...
tinct animals all exhibit a relationship to those that we now find existing , and many of them evidently fill up vacant places in the general system , and therefore there is no cause to suppose that they were originally separated from ...
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... exhibit differences that might seem to indicate specific distinction . We see this both in the horse and in the swine . In the wild horse the ears lie back , in the domesticated or cultivated one they are erect . The horse was not ...
... exhibit differences that might seem to indicate specific distinction . We see this both in the horse and in the swine . In the wild horse the ears lie back , in the domesticated or cultivated one they are erect . The horse was not ...
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... exhibits , no other differ- ences than what obtain in the colour of her fur . If we recol- lect that this favourite quadruped is principally employed to destroy those minor animals that are noxious in and about our houses , to which ...
... exhibits , no other differ- ences than what obtain in the colour of her fur . If we recol- lect that this favourite quadruped is principally employed to destroy those minor animals that are noxious in and about our houses , to which ...
Términos y frases comunes
action alluded amongst analogous animal kingdom animalcules Annelidans appears aquatic Arachnidans Aristotle armed belong birds bivalves body Branchiopods called Cephalopods Cetaceans cherubim circumstances Class claws common Condylopes consider consisting creation Creator Crustaceans Cuvier Decapods Deity devour divided earth eggs employed enable exhibit eyes fins fishes fixed fluid foot former functions furnished genus gills globe habits head heavens herbivorous Hexapods Ibid infinite inhabit insects instinct Introd jointed kind Lamarck Latreille latter legs light Linné locomotion mandibles maxillæ means membrane Molluscans motion mouth move multivalve Myriapods nature nutriment object observed ocean operculum Order organs oviparous pair plants PLATE polypes predaceous prehension prey principal probably produced quadrupeds regard remarkable Reptiles resembling respect Saurians Scripture seems shell singular Solipeds sometimes species spiders spines structure substance suckers surface tail tentacles terrestrial things tion trees tribe tube usually vegetable whole wings
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Página 413 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Página 440 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Página 47 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Página 490 - And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged...
Página 6 - gan war, and fowl with fowl, And fish with fish: to graze the herb all leaving, Devour'd each other; nor stood much in awe Of man, but fled him, or, with countenance grim Glared on him passing.
Página 6 - For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth: (for righteousness is immortal: ) but ungodly men with their works and words called it to them...
Página xlviii - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand...
Página 486 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Página 46 - Let us hope that the day is approaching when 'the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Página 76 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.