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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... insects of a disreputable name , ' which , under more than one form , inhabit his person externally ; and those that , burying themselves in his flesh , annoy him and produce cutaneous diseases , 2 a whole host of others attack him ...
... insects of a disreputable name , ' which , under more than one form , inhabit his person externally ; and those that , burying themselves in his flesh , annoy him and produce cutaneous diseases , 2 a whole host of others attack him ...
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... insects , are pigmies compared with their affinities , the Megalosaurus and Iguanodon ; and a similar disproportion obtains between the existing Proteus and the fossil one . If any of these races are subterranean , perhaps these smaller ...
... insects , are pigmies compared with their affinities , the Megalosaurus and Iguanodon ; and a similar disproportion obtains between the existing Proteus and the fossil one . If any of these races are subterranean , perhaps these smaller ...
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... insects of the same order and tribe with the locust , though perhaps of a different genus ; but , pro- bably the ... insect are only calculated for suction . Amongst quadrupeds , the analogues , in some respects , of the locusts , are ...
... insects of the same order and tribe with the locust , though perhaps of a different genus ; but , pro- bably the ... insect are only calculated for suction . Amongst quadrupeds , the analogues , in some respects , of the locusts , are ...
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... insects , which , with few exceptions , are of that description . My learned coadjutor , Mr. Spence , in our Introduction to Entomology , has some remarks on this subject , which seem , at first sight , to prove that the disap- pearance ...
... insects , which , with few exceptions , are of that description . My learned coadjutor , Mr. Spence , in our Introduction to Entomology , has some remarks on this subject , which seem , at first sight , to prove that the disap- pearance ...
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... insects leave the waters to become deni- zens of the earth and air , the object appears evidently an in- crease of food , not only for terrestrial animals , whether moving on the one or in the other , but to multiply even that of the in ...
... insects leave the waters to become deni- zens of the earth and air , the object appears evidently an in- crease of food , not only for terrestrial animals , whether moving on the one or in the other , but to multiply even that of the in ...
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.