Reflections for Every Day in the Year on the Works of God, and of His Providence Throughout All Nature, Volume 2D. Shaw and Company, 1800 - Devotional exercises |
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... oviparous kind ; for the vi- viparous are like the quadrupeds as to their mo- ral endowments . They seem to travel in vast bo- dies , not from any love of society , but merely be- cause they are born in the same or in neighbour- ing ...
... oviparous kind ; for the vi- viparous are like the quadrupeds as to their mo- ral endowments . They seem to travel in vast bo- dies , not from any love of society , but merely be- cause they are born in the same or in neighbour- ing ...
Page 267
... on the care which the parents take of their young . It is not wonderful that the viviparous animals should be fond of their young : It is their flesh M 2 and and blood . But that the oviparous should be so- AUGUST XVI . 267.
... on the care which the parents take of their young . It is not wonderful that the viviparous animals should be fond of their young : It is their flesh M 2 and and blood . But that the oviparous should be so- AUGUST XVI . 267.
Page 268
Christoph Christian Sturm. and blood . But that the oviparous should be so- licitous about their eggs , is to me absolutely in- explicable . The eggs are quite different in form from the parents , and in every respect are unlike any ...
Christoph Christian Sturm. and blood . But that the oviparous should be so- licitous about their eggs , is to me absolutely in- explicable . The eggs are quite different in form from the parents , and in every respect are unlike any ...
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... oviparous , others viviparous . The testaceous are born with their shells upon them ; but in proportion as the animal grows , its house , the inner partition of which is lined with a very fine membrane , grows also ; not only in ...
... oviparous , others viviparous . The testaceous are born with their shells upon them ; but in proportion as the animal grows , its house , the inner partition of which is lined with a very fine membrane , grows also ; not only in ...
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Page 66 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor...
Page 66 - For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again ? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Page 40 - Man that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one.
Page 276 - In the morning it is green and groweth up, but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.
Page 27 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 96 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee ; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee...
Page 20 - ... and hind part of the head. Towards the end of the fourth day, the two auricles, already visible, draw nearer to the heart than they did before.
Page 45 - I WILL magnify thee, O God, my King ; and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever.
Page 20 - ... it evidently moves itself. — The feathers begin to shoot out towards the 240th hour, and the skull becomes gristly. At the 264th the eyes appear. At the 288th, the ribs are perfect. At the 331st, the spleen draws near to the stomach, and the lungs to the chest.
Page 68 - Behold the fowls of the air ; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.