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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... round its axis ; or , had it been possible for them to have remained , what resistance must these angles have occasioned in the performance of that motion ! What a conti- nual state of perturbation and tempest in the air must they have ...
... round its axis ; or , had it been possible for them to have remained , what resistance must these angles have occasioned in the performance of that motion ! What a conti- nual state of perturbation and tempest in the air must they have ...
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... round to shoot up through the surface of the earth . How surprising , that when the roots of a tree or plant meet with a stone or other interruption in their progress under- ground , they change their direction and avoid it . How ...
... round to shoot up through the surface of the earth . How surprising , that when the roots of a tree or plant meet with a stone or other interruption in their progress under- ground , they change their direction and avoid it . How ...
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... round . Before winter with his cloudy front has taken his departure , the early Snow drop boldly steps forth in his pure white robe , the Crocus next , with an air of timidity peeps out , and , as if afraid to venture , keeps close to ...
... round . Before winter with his cloudy front has taken his departure , the early Snow drop boldly steps forth in his pure white robe , the Crocus next , with an air of timidity peeps out , and , as if afraid to venture , keeps close to ...
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... round with such a hard , thick , and tough substance as the skull , the heart and lungs are wisely placed in the centre of the body , and encompassed by a double fence of bones or ribs , muscles , and skin . Without breathing , to put ...
... round with such a hard , thick , and tough substance as the skull , the heart and lungs are wisely placed in the centre of the body , and encompassed by a double fence of bones or ribs , muscles , and skin . Without breathing , to put ...
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... rounded by all the appendages of external pomp and pageantry , Croesus asked the Greek philoso- pher , if he had ever seen so magnificent a specta- cle : " After having seen the plumage of the Phea- sant , he could not be astonished at ...
... rounded by all the appendages of external pomp and pageantry , Croesus asked the Greek philoso- pher , if he had ever seen so magnificent a specta- cle : " After having seen the plumage of the Phea- sant , he could not be astonished at ...
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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.