Conversations on Some Leading Points in Natural Philosophy: Designed to Illustrate the Perfections of the Deity, and to Expand the Youthful Mind |
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... matter ; so likewise is the sparkling diamond , and the delicate feathers on the wing of a butterfly . The refinement of which it is capable , is most surprising ; for the air we breathe , and me in the OF MATTER . 13.
... matter ; so likewise is the sparkling diamond , and the delicate feathers on the wing of a butterfly . The refinement of which it is capable , is most surprising ; for the air we breathe , and me in the OF MATTER . 13.
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... fit the eye to a particular distance of the object . " The more , Father , you talk about the eye , the more surprising it appears . I never be fore thought of all this . I suppose not , Frank ; and this is the THE EYE . 23.
... fit the eye to a particular distance of the object . " The more , Father , you talk about the eye , the more surprising it appears . I never be fore thought of all this . I suppose not , Frank ; and this is the THE EYE . 23.
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... surprising is , that all anatomists say , that the muscles which move the two eyes , and the nerves which serve these muscles , are en- tirely unconnected . It would be thought very surprising , to see a man , who from his birth , never ...
... surprising is , that all anatomists say , that the muscles which move the two eyes , and the nerves which serve these muscles , are en- tirely unconnected . It would be thought very surprising , to see a man , who from his birth , never ...
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... surprising , though , Father , how blind Betty in the cottage on the common finds every thing around her by feeling . Yet how superior is sight ! How could a blind man acquire an accurate knowledge of such a building as St. Paul's , by ...
... surprising , though , Father , how blind Betty in the cottage on the common finds every thing around her by feeling . Yet how superior is sight ! How could a blind man acquire an accurate knowledge of such a building as St. Paul's , by ...
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... surprising calculation ! To form a just idea of the surface of the earth , we must see forty thousand such prospects as this ! What a thought ! How vast are the works of God ! And what must be the power that made such a world ! and made ...
... surprising calculation ! To form a just idea of the surface of the earth , we must see forty thousand such prospects as this ! What a thought ! How vast are the works of God ! And what must be the power that made such a world ! and made ...
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Page 75 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 97 - Nor is it less pleased with its first successful endeavours to walk, or rather to run (which precedes walking), although entirely ignorant of the importance of the attainment to its future life, and even without applying it to any present purpose. A child is delighted with speaking, without having...
Page 51 - Were the sun, which enlightens this part of the creation, with all the host of planetary worlds that move about him, utterly extinguished and annihilated, they would not be missed more than a grain of sand upon the sea-shore.
Page 96 - ... perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space filled with young shrimps in the act of bounding into the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand.
Page 51 - The space they possess is so exceedingly little in comparison of the whole, that it would scarce make a blank in the creation. The chasm would be imperceptible to an eye that could take in the whole compass of nature, and pass from one end of the creation to the other; as it is possible there may be such a sense in ourselves hereafter, or in creatures which are at present more exalted...
Page 95 - Walking by the sea-side, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud, or rather, very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always returning with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space, filled with young shrimps...
Page 98 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Page 97 - A child is delighted with speaking, without having any thing to say ; and with walking, without knowing where to go. And, prior to both these, I am disposed to believe, that the waking hours of infancy are agreeably taken up with the exercise of vision, or perhaps, more properly speaking, with learning to see.
Page 57 - LORD is true, and all his works are faithful. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment ; the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.
Page 96 - ... bounding into the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand. If any motion of a mute animal could express delight, it was this : if they had meant to make signs of their happiness, they could not have done it more intelligibly. Suppose, then, what I have no doubt of, each individual of this number to be in a state of positive enjoyment ; what a sum, collectively, of gratification and pleasure have we here before our view...