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... animal world ; all of which express their various feelings , by various tones . Ours , indeed , from the superiour rank that we hold , are in a high degree more comprehensive ; as there is not an act of the mind , an ex- ertion of the ...
... animal world ; all of which express their various feelings , by various tones . Ours , indeed , from the superiour rank that we hold , are in a high degree more comprehensive ; as there is not an act of the mind , an ex- ertion of the ...
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... animals , either of my own , or a different kind ? Is every thing subservient to me , as though I had ordered all myself ? -No - nothing like it - the far- thest from it possible . 2. The world appears not , then , originally made for ...
... animals , either of my own , or a different kind ? Is every thing subservient to me , as though I had ordered all myself ? -No - nothing like it - the far- thest from it possible . 2. The world appears not , then , originally made for ...
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... animals , which are formed for our use , and which can finish their business in a short life . 8. The silk - worm , after having spun her task , lays her eggs and dies . But a man cannot take in his full measure of knowl- edge , has not ...
... animals , which are formed for our use , and which can finish their business in a short life . 8. The silk - worm , after having spun her task , lays her eggs and dies . But a man cannot take in his full measure of knowl- edge , has not ...
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... won- derfully vary their mystick dance , are in themselves dark bodies , and shine only by reflection ; have fields , and seas , and skies , of their own ; are furnished with all accommodations for animal Chap . 9 . 119 PROMISCUOUS PIECES .
... won- derfully vary their mystick dance , are in themselves dark bodies , and shine only by reflection ; have fields , and seas , and skies , of their own ; are furnished with all accommodations for animal Chap . 9 . 119 PROMISCUOUS PIECES .
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... animal sub- sistence , and are supposed to be the abodes of intellectual life ; all which , together with our earthly habitation , are dependent on that grand dispenser of Divine munificence , the sun ; receive their light from the ...
... animal sub- sistence , and are supposed to be the abodes of intellectual life ; all which , together with our earthly habitation , are dependent on that grand dispenser of Divine munificence , the sun ; receive their light from the ...
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