 Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form, towards which Nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in...  Essays on the Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression - Page 157by Sir Charles Bell - 1824 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...nature. . . Every fpecies of the animal as well as tb« vegetable creation may be faid to have a fixed or determinate form towards which nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the center; or it maybe compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central point... | |
 | 1787 - 528 pages
...nature. Every f|>ecies of the animal as well аз the vegetable creation may be faid to bave a fixed or determinate form towards which nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the center; or ¡t may be compared to pendulums vibrating in di fièrent directions over one central... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 pages
...nature. " Every fpecice of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be faid to have a fixed or determinate form, towards which nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...nature. Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form, towards which Nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pages
...nature. Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form, towards which Nature is continually inclining, Like various lines terminating in the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central... | |
 | 1803 - 222 pages
...nature. . Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form towards which nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 pages
...nature. " Every fpecies of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be faid to have ia fixed or determinate form, towards which nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different direclions over one central... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...nature. Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form towards which nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating in the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...nature. Every species of the animal as well as the vegetable creation may be said to have a fixed or determinate form towards which nature is continually inclining, like various lines terminating hi the centre ; or it may be compared to pendulums vibrating in different directions over one central... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1816 - 644 pages
...observes, " of the animal •• as well as the vegetable creation, may be said to " have a fixed or determinate form, towards which " Nature is continually inclining, like various lines " terminating in the centre ; and, as these lines all " cross the. centre, though only one passes through " any other... | |
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