The Book of Nature Laid Open: In a Popular Survey of the Phenomena and Constitution of the UniverseJ. Milligan, 1822 - 281 pages |
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Page iv
... leaves it to a liberal and enlightened public to appreciate his labours , and by their patronage give circulation to what he conceives may be beneficial in forming the mind to piety and just views of things . CHELSEA , October , 1820 ...
... leaves it to a liberal and enlightened public to appreciate his labours , and by their patronage give circulation to what he conceives may be beneficial in forming the mind to piety and just views of things . CHELSEA , October , 1820 ...
Page vii
... leaf , observations on , 270 Fishes , 140 structure of , 142 immense number of , 145 construction of , 147 instincts of , 150 sagacity of , in depositing their spawn , 151 migration of , 152 uses of , 153 how they contribute to the ...
... leaf , observations on , 270 Fishes , 140 structure of , 142 immense number of , 145 construction of , 147 instincts of , 150 sagacity of , in depositing their spawn , 151 migration of , 152 uses of , 153 how they contribute to the ...
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... leaves and branches ! How nicely are the eaves formed for the important services they are made to yield in the economy of vegetation ! See how they serve to concoct and prepare the sap ; how they prevent by their shade the moisture at ...
... leaves and branches ! How nicely are the eaves formed for the important services they are made to yield in the economy of vegetation ! See how they serve to concoct and prepare the sap ; how they prevent by their shade the moisture at ...
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... leaves during the day , in warm and clear weather ; but in the night season , and in the absence of light and heat , its motions cease , and it remains , as it were , in a state of quiescence ; and the American Venus ' Flytrap , like an ...
... leaves during the day , in warm and clear weather ; but in the night season , and in the absence of light and heat , its motions cease , and it remains , as it were , in a state of quiescence ; and the American Venus ' Flytrap , like an ...
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... leaves , and others by the flowers or seeds . A number of these , and many others of the greatest utility in me- dicine , come forth in various parts of the globe without the aid of art , and are found growing wild among the herbs of ...
... leaves , and others by the flowers or seeds . A number of these , and many others of the greatest utility in me- dicine , come forth in various parts of the globe without the aid of art , and are found growing wild among the herbs of ...
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admirably agitation Almighty amazing animalcules animals appear astonishing atmosphere beautiful behold birds bodies bottom Cassowary CHAP climate clouds colour comets contrived covered creation creatures danger dark deep delight derive distance diurnal motion earth eggs enable finny tribes fish flower fluid furnished globe Greenland seas habitations heavens herbaceous Horse-fly inhabitants insects instinct Jupiter kind labour land leaves legs less light and heat living Lobster manner means miles month moon motion mountains mouth nature Nature's nest night observed occasion ocean olfactory nerves Ostrich peculiar Pilchards plants prey produce purpose putrefaction Quadrupeds rays reason regions remarkable rendered Reptiles riety rise rocks round Serpents shell shine situations solitary Eagle species spring storms straits of Sicily substance surface swimming tail thing tion trees ture vapours variety vegetable vital spark weather Whale whole wind wings winter wisdom wise wonderful
Popular passages
Page 196 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 68 - Nestling repair, and to the Thicket some; Some to the rude Protection of the Thorn Commit their feeble Offspring. The cleft Tree Offers its kind Concealment to a Few, Their Food its Insects, and its Moss their Nests. Others apart far in the grassy Dale, Or roughening Waste, their humble Texture weave.
Page 98 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound ; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound His stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Page 188 - Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene.
Page 29 - But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows...
Page 218 - What an august ! what an amazing conception, if human imagination can conceive it, does this give of the works of the Creator ! Thousands of thousands of suns, multiplied without end, and ranged all around us, at immense distances from each other, attended by ten thousand times ten thousand worlds...
Page 226 - The master leans, removes the obstructing clay, Winds the whole work, and sidelong lays the glebe. White, through the neighbouring fields the sower stalks, With measured step, and liberal throws the grain Into the faithful bosom of the ground ; The harrow follows harsh, and shuts the scene.
Page 212 - For minds of the first magnitude to launch In endless speculation, and adore ? One sun by day, by night ten thousand shine : And light us deep into the Deity ; How boundless in magnificence and might...
Page 67 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Page 83 - Which strike ev'n eyes incurious ; but each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank, Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of beings; holds a rank which lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which nature's self would rue.