Hutton's Book of Nature Laid Open1820 - 281 pages |
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Page 83
... universe must have fallen to decay ; for , trifling as some of those minute or imperceptible objects may appear , the language of philosophy is : " Each crawling insect holds a rank Important in the plan of HIM who fram'd This scale of ...
... universe must have fallen to decay ; for , trifling as some of those minute or imperceptible objects may appear , the language of philosophy is : " Each crawling insect holds a rank Important in the plan of HIM who fram'd This scale of ...
Page 115
... of the universe , which admits as into a receptacle , and distributes as a re- servoir , whatever waters the whole globe . There is 29 not a fountain that gushes in the unfrequented desert BOOK OF NATURE LAID OPEN . 115.
... of the universe , which admits as into a receptacle , and distributes as a re- servoir , whatever waters the whole globe . There is 29 not a fountain that gushes in the unfrequented desert BOOK OF NATURE LAID OPEN . 115.
Page 173
... universe ; it is as necessary in the air as in the ocean , and both are no less indis- pensable than the motion of the sap of plants , and the circulation of the blood in animals . It is , however , happily so ordered , that where pu ...
... universe ; it is as necessary in the air as in the ocean , and both are no less indis- pensable than the motion of the sap of plants , and the circulation of the blood in animals . It is , however , happily so ordered , that where pu ...
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