The Quarterly review, Том 21Murray, 1819 |
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... animals imbedded in ancient strata . Of the vast elephant , or animal nearly resembling the elephant , of which the remains were found in a state of astonishing preservation on the northern shore of Siberia , our author speaks with ...
... animals imbedded in ancient strata . Of the vast elephant , or animal nearly resembling the elephant , of which the remains were found in a state of astonishing preservation on the northern shore of Siberia , our author speaks with ...
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... animals belonging to species no longer existing ; but that they have been reduced to numerous species , genera , and classes . We shall also point out to Mr. Gis- borne's observation , and that of all who are anxious to establish the ...
... animals belonging to species no longer existing ; but that they have been reduced to numerous species , genera , and classes . We shall also point out to Mr. Gis- borne's observation , and that of all who are anxious to establish the ...
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... animals , had existed upon earth in this intermediate period of sixteen centuries and a half . But they are found imbedded in strata of various kinds , and at various depths , together with symptoms of violent convulsions ( not one ...
... animals , had existed upon earth in this intermediate period of sixteen centuries and a half . But they are found imbedded in strata of various kinds , and at various depths , together with symptoms of violent convulsions ( not one ...
Сторінка 52
... animals are relics only of the Noachian flood , why do these too ex- hibit remains of so many species , and even genera , wholly extinct in their recent state ? per- Mr. Gisborne very feebly endeavours to account for the possi- bility ...
... animals are relics only of the Noachian flood , why do these too ex- hibit remains of so many species , and even genera , wholly extinct in their recent state ? per- Mr. Gisborne very feebly endeavours to account for the possi- bility ...
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... animal remains are discovered in the successive strata . What are the millions and millions of chances against his having casually hit upon such a coincidence as the order assigned by him for the creation of the successive classes of ...
... animal remains are discovered in the successive strata . What are the millions and millions of chances against his having casually hit upon such a coincidence as the order assigned by him for the creation of the successive classes of ...
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Сторінка 50 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Сторінка 61 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Сторінка 54 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Сторінка 59 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Сторінка 131 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Сторінка 61 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Сторінка 360 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Сторінка 397 - To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel, the laugh, and the jeer ? Ah ! here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here.
Сторінка 360 - The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day, and who knows when was the equinox?
Сторінка 360 - To subsist in lasting monuments, to live in their productions, to exist in their names and predicament of chimeras, was large satisfaction unto old expectations, and made one part of their Elysiums. But all this is nothing in the metaphysics of true belief.