Insecto-theology: Or, a Demonstration of the Being and Perfections of God, from a Consideration of the Structure and Economy of Insects. Illustrated with a Copperplate. By M. Lesser: with Notes, by P. LyonetWilliam Creech; and T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, London, 1799 - 439 頁 |
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... small plates , and immediately began upon the work itself , which he performed in fuch a manner as drew on him the high- eft degree of praife , both from Mr Trembley and from ma- ny other artists , particularly the celebrated Van Gool ...
... small plates , and immediately began upon the work itself , which he performed in fuch a manner as drew on him the high- eft degree of praife , both from Mr Trembley and from ma- ny other artists , particularly the celebrated Van Gool ...
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... small , it is true , but the delicacy and arrangement of their parts is admirable . If we examine with at- tention a common fly , its agility will appear more furprising , than the fwiftnefs of a beast of prey at full fpeed ; and with ...
... small , it is true , but the delicacy and arrangement of their parts is admirable . If we examine with at- tention a common fly , its agility will appear more furprising , than the fwiftnefs of a beast of prey at full fpeed ; and with ...
第 7 頁
... small compafs , that the whole might be fet in a ring like a diamond ? One would admire it without doubt ; and indeed fuch a masterpiece would be worthy of admiration and would be prized far above a watch of the common fize . The fame ...
... small compafs , that the whole might be fet in a ring like a diamond ? One would admire it without doubt ; and indeed fuch a masterpiece would be worthy of admiration and would be prized far above a watch of the common fize . The fame ...
第 8 頁
... small compass what others cannot make but in large . He relates to this purpose , the inftance of a sculp- tor of his time who reprefented , on a ring , the fi gure of Phaeton in a chariot drawn by four hor- fes . The work was executed ...
... small compass what others cannot make but in large . He relates to this purpose , the inftance of a sculp- tor of his time who reprefented , on a ring , the fi gure of Phaeton in a chariot drawn by four hor- fes . The work was executed ...
第 25 頁
... small animals to be inveftigated ? How many fwim on the furface of the fea , or lurk at the bottom of the deep that we can form no idea of ; who can tell the number of thofe that fwarm in the bot- tom of rivers , in marfhes and ftagnant ...
... small animals to be inveftigated ? How many fwim on the furface of the fea , or lurk at the bottom of the deep that we can form no idea of ; who can tell the number of thofe that fwarm in the bot- tom of rivers , in marfhes and ftagnant ...
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