The Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Том 1Harper & Bros., 1839 |
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... eggs , and the sugar , of which it is composed , must have been in some other places and state , before they were brought together to make the substance which gratifies him . So the mighty world we live on , the rocks , the moun- tains ...
... eggs , and the sugar , of which it is composed , must have been in some other places and state , before they were brought together to make the substance which gratifies him . So the mighty world we live on , the rocks , the moun- tains ...
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... egg . " Quoted by Lucian in Philop , and by Suidas . OVID shows that the belief had been retained by the Romans , for he derives all nature from a chaos , in which there was neither light nor form . Metamorph . 1. 1 . * The chaos is ...
... egg . " Quoted by Lucian in Philop , and by Suidas . OVID shows that the belief had been retained by the Romans , for he derives all nature from a chaos , in which there was neither light nor form . Metamorph . 1. 1 . * The chaos is ...
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... eggs of birds , in the bones of all animals , in the chalkstones of the human hands and feet , and in the frequent ossifica- tion of our vascular system . Dr. Macculloch rightly intimates , that it is less safe to infer " that there is ...
... eggs of birds , in the bones of all animals , in the chalkstones of the human hands and feet , and in the frequent ossifica- tion of our vascular system . Dr. Macculloch rightly intimates , that it is less safe to infer " that there is ...
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... egg . The embryo in both is at one end , with vessels ramifying into the rest of the sub- stance , and deriving from that its first nutriment . The ac- cess of a certain degree of heat is necessary to begin the activity and development ...
... egg . The embryo in both is at one end , with vessels ramifying into the rest of the sub- stance , and deriving from that its first nutriment . The ac- cess of a certain degree of heat is necessary to begin the activity and development ...
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... egg . In July , new blossoms appeared , which made fruit as big as a walnut . In August , flowers again emerged , but the produce was not larger than peas . These were Nature's own exertions , which art might in time promote and make ...
... egg . In July , new blossoms appeared , which made fruit as big as a walnut . In August , flowers again emerged , but the produce was not larger than peas . These were Nature's own exertions , which art might in time promote and make ...
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