Sacred philosophy of the seasons: Illustrating the perfections of god in the phenomena of the pfearW. Oliphant and Son, 1837 |
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... Parental Affection , Insects . Their Eggs , ANIMALS . 123 128 135 IV . - SUNDAY . - On the Uniformity or Sameness in the Na- tural and Moral World , 141 Insects . - Care of their Offspring , exemplified in Bees and Wasps , 145 · Insects ...
... Parental Affection , Insects . Their Eggs , ANIMALS . 123 128 135 IV . - SUNDAY . - On the Uniformity or Sameness in the Na- tural and Moral World , 141 Insects . - Care of their Offspring , exemplified in Bees and Wasps , 145 · Insects ...
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... Parents and on Society , VII . SUNDAY .-- On Christian Love , 238 243 AGRICULTURE . The Difference between the Operations of Reason and Instinct , as affording Arguments in Favour of the Divine Perfections , Origin of Agricultural ...
... Parents and on Society , VII . SUNDAY .-- On Christian Love , 238 243 AGRICULTURE . The Difference between the Operations of Reason and Instinct , as affording Arguments in Favour of the Divine Perfections , Origin of Agricultural ...
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... parent stem . We should also be deprived of the beauty and interest attached to the gradual deve- lopment of leaf and flower , were the great annual transition in the vegetable world effected instantane- ously . In the average winter ...
... parent stem . We should also be deprived of the beauty and interest attached to the gradual deve- lopment of leaf and flower , were the great annual transition in the vegetable world effected instantane- ously . In the average winter ...
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... parent ocean ; and thus , while they preserve the balance of the sea and land , afford an addi- tional instance of the wonderful analogies which pervade Nature . Metastasio , in a passage of his dramatic works , has , with great beauty ...
... parent ocean ; and thus , while they preserve the balance of the sea and land , afford an addi- tional instance of the wonderful analogies which pervade Nature . Metastasio , in a passage of his dramatic works , has , with great beauty ...
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... parent ocean ; in all these circumstances , we find such evidence of nicely balanced adaptation of means to ends , of wise foresight , and benevolent intention , and infinite power , that he must be blind indeed , who re- fuses to ...
... parent ocean ; in all these circumstances , we find such evidence of nicely balanced adaptation of means to ends , of wise foresight , and benevolent intention , and infinite power , that he must be blind indeed , who re- fuses to ...
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