On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God: As Manifested in the Creation of Animals, and in Their History, Habits and InstinctsCarey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837 - 519 стор. |
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Сторінка xxxiii
... regard to his third ingredient , space and time , the thea- tre and limit of Nature's operations ; they give her no subsist- ence , she still remains a nonentity ; therefore , as defined by our author , she is nothing , and can do ...
... regard to his third ingredient , space and time , the thea- tre and limit of Nature's operations ; they give her no subsist- ence , she still remains a nonentity ; therefore , as defined by our author , she is nothing , and can do ...
Сторінка xl
... regard to the great powers that , under God , rule the physical universe , which it is hopeless to gain by the usual means of investigation . But the great difficulty lies in the interpretation of those passages of Scripture that relate ...
... regard to the great powers that , under God , rule the physical universe , which it is hopeless to gain by the usual means of investigation . But the great difficulty lies in the interpretation of those passages of Scripture that relate ...
Сторінка xliv
... regard the antitypes of these images as exclusively metaphysical , this argument will not hold ; but if , as I hope to prove from Scripture , they consist of physical , as well as metaphysical objects , by which the Deity acts upon the ...
... regard the antitypes of these images as exclusively metaphysical , this argument will not hold ; but if , as I hope to prove from Scripture , they consist of physical , as well as metaphysical objects , by which the Deity acts upon the ...
Сторінка xlvi
... regard to their wings , two were stretched upwards , and two covered their bodies . Many other particulars are mentioned by the prophet , which I shall not here enlarge upon.3 A great variety of opinions have been held , both in ancient ...
... regard to their wings , two were stretched upwards , and two covered their bodies . Many other particulars are mentioned by the prophet , which I shall not here enlarge upon.3 A great variety of opinions have been held , both in ancient ...
Сторінка xlviii
... regard to the flaming sword , which our translation seems to put into the hands of the cherubic watch , and which Milton has so finely paraphrased : And again , And on the east side of the garden place , Where entrance up from Eden ...
... regard to the flaming sword , which our translation seems to put into the hands of the cherubic watch , and which Milton has so finely paraphrased : And again , And on the east side of the garden place , Where entrance up from Eden ...
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Сторінка lxi - 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...
Сторінка xix - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Сторінка 11 - 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.
Сторінка 328 - The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast Thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
Сторінка xl - 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. These were, from without, The growing miseries which Adam saw Already in part, though hid in gloomiest shade, To sorrow...
Сторінка 196 - There is not, in my opinion, any thing more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rises above reason, and falls infinitely short of it. It cannot be accounted for by any properties in matter, and at the same time works after so odd a manner, that one cannot think it the faculty of an intellectual being.
Сторінка lix - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Сторінка 330 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Сторінка xxx - And the Lord came down in a cloud and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him and gave it unto the seventy elders, and it came to pass that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and did not cease.
Сторінка xxx - And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices ; and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God : and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.