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... remark- able examples of what the animal intellect may be trained to . When four pieces of card are laid down before them , each having a number pronounced once in connexion with it , they will , after a re - arrangement of the pieces ...
... remark- able examples of what the animal intellect may be trained to . When four pieces of card are laid down before them , each having a number pronounced once in connexion with it , they will , after a re - arrangement of the pieces ...
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... remark , " that there was scarcely any thing which he would not believe of a dog . " There is a curious result of education in cer- tain animals , namely , that habits to which they have been trained in some instances become hereditary ...
... remark , " that there was scarcely any thing which he would not believe of a dog . " There is a curious result of education in cer- tain animals , namely , that habits to which they have been trained in some instances become hereditary ...
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... remarks : " Even the lower creatures , down to creeping things , are endowed with knowledge , which they acquire not by the use of their senses . " The above observations are important , for , if the mind in animals be not the result of ...
... remarks : " Even the lower creatures , down to creeping things , are endowed with knowledge , which they acquire not by the use of their senses . " The above observations are important , for , if the mind in animals be not the result of ...
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... remark is just ! " This , then , is the utmost ex- * Lyell . ↑ Is not the diameter of our globe reckoned at about eight thousand miles ? tent of geological research , and how his reason- ings 80 THE PENSCELLWOOD PAPERS .
... remark is just ! " This , then , is the utmost ex- * Lyell . ↑ Is not the diameter of our globe reckoned at about eight thousand miles ? tent of geological research , and how his reason- ings 80 THE PENSCELLWOOD PAPERS .
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... remark is just , " he continues , " but although the dimensions of such a crust are , in truth , insignificant when compared to the entire globe , yet they are vast and of magni- ficent extent in relation to man , and to the or- ganic ...
... remark is just , " he continues , " but although the dimensions of such a crust are , in truth , insignificant when compared to the entire globe , yet they are vast and of magni- ficent extent in relation to man , and to the or- ganic ...
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The Penscellwood papers: essays by the author of 'Dr. Hookwell'. Robert Armitage Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1853 |
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Sida 186 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Sida 277 - Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Sida 184 - And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet. The smiling infant in his hand shall take The crested basilisk and speckled snake, Pleased the green lustre of the scales survey, And with their forky tongue shall innocently play.
Sida 128 - That we shall sincerely, really, and constantly, through the grace of God, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies...
Sida 166 - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Sida 2 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Sida 87 - We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Sida 166 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth ; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Sida 48 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Sida 68 - The learned, the judicious, the pious Boerhaave relates that he never saw a criminal dragged to execution without asking himself: 'Who knows whether this man is not less culpable than me?' On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave let every spectator of the dreadful procession put the same question to his own heart.