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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第 24 頁
... equal wonders in store for us . That inftrument withdraws the veil , which conceals nature from our eyes , and makes , if we may use the expref- fion , an elephant of a fly , by exhibiting it to us fixteen millions of times larger than ...
... equal wonders in store for us . That inftrument withdraws the veil , which conceals nature from our eyes , and makes , if we may use the expref- fion , an elephant of a fly , by exhibiting it to us fixteen millions of times larger than ...
第 53 頁
... equal , and in which we difcover fo much wifdom be the work of blind chance ? Surely not what is left to chance is never fixed , never regular . But here we behold a conftant and invariable proportion which can be no- thing but the ...
... equal , and in which we difcover fo much wifdom be the work of blind chance ? Surely not what is left to chance is never fixed , never regular . But here we behold a conftant and invariable proportion which can be no- thing but the ...
第 57 頁
... equal the number of fpecies . Without confidering the difference in their fize , I fhall only remark the moft ftriking diverfities among them whether from their figure or colours . The moft common figures are the round , the oval , and ...
... equal the number of fpecies . Without confidering the difference in their fize , I fhall only remark the moft ftriking diverfities among them whether from their figure or colours . The moft common figures are the round , the oval , and ...
第 89 頁
... equal facility , darting fometimes upwards and fometimes downwards with the velocity of lightning . The wings of birds fupport them in the air in which they move in all directions and cleave it with the greatest rapidity . The mole ...
... equal facility , darting fometimes upwards and fometimes downwards with the velocity of lightning . The wings of birds fupport them in the air in which they move in all directions and cleave it with the greatest rapidity . The mole ...
第 92 頁
... equal motion it had before , it cannot direct its flight , but- turns toply turvy , Moft infects wanting the tail of feathers which birds have , do not take fo equal a flight , nor preferve fo juft an equilibrium in an ele- ment fo ...
... equal motion it had before , it cannot direct its flight , but- turns toply turvy , Moft infects wanting the tail of feathers which birds have , do not take fo equal a flight , nor preferve fo juft an equilibrium in an ele- ment fo ...
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