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 ftore 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 ftore 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 friking 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 friking 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 topfy 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 topfy 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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againſt alfo animalcules animals antennæ aphides appear bafe becauſe bees beetles Befides body cafe caterpillars caufe cells chryfalis circumftance clafs colour compofed Creator depofit difcovered different fpecies earth eggs elytra faid fame fays fecond fects feed feem feen feet feize felves female fenfe ferve feven feveral fhall fhell fhew fhort fhould fide filk fimilar fingle fingular firft firſt fize fkin flies fmall fome infects fometimes foon fpecies fpiders ftate ftill ftructure fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe furface furniſhed hath hiftory himſelf iffue inftance itſelf laft Laftly larva larvæ laſt leaft lefs likewife live Lyonet male moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nefts nymphs obferved occafion pafs perfons plants prefent preferve produce publiſhed purpoſe quadrupeds reafon Reaumur refemble refpect reft rhombs ſmall thefe thefe infects themfelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe threads trapeziums uſe veffels whofe wifdom wings worms
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第 49 頁 - Kings of the earth, and all people ; Princes, and all judges of the earth : Both young men, and maidens ; Old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the LORD: For his name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heaven.
第 257 頁 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into AN IMAGE made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
第 73 頁 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
第 273 頁 - Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
第 277 頁 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
第 73 頁 - They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
第 273 頁 - Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
第 273 頁 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
第 268 頁 - And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
第 273 頁 - Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold, a feast unto the LORD.