 | Richard Lovett - 1766 - 610 pages
...whenever they light on a proper ma« trix. The extremely fmall feeds of fern, * mofles, mumrooms, and fome other Plants, * are concealed, and wafted about in the Air, * every part whereof feems replete with feeds ' of one kind or other. The whole atmofphere « feems alive. There is every... | |
 | Walter Nicol - 1802 - 486 pages
...without feeds. Mr Berkeley fays, " The extremely fmall feeds " of fern, modes, mufhrooms, and fome other " plants, are concealed and wafted about " in the air, every part whereof feems re" plete with feeds of one kind or other." And Mr Switzer, an advocate for the idea of fpontaneous... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 496 pages
...and produce their kind, whenever they light on a proper matrix. The extremely small seeds of fern, mosses, mushrooms, and some other plants, are concealed...other. The whole atmosphere seems alive. There is every where acid to corrode, and seed to engender. Iron will rust, and mould will grow, in all places.... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 496 pages
...and produce their kind, whenever they light on a proper matrix. The extremely small seeds of fern, mosses, mushrooms, and some other plants, are concealed...other. The whole atmosphere seems alive. There is every where acid to corrode, and seed to engender. Iron will rust, and mould will grow, in all places.... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1843 - 470 pages
...and produce their kind, whenever they light on a proper matrix. The extremely small seeds of fern, mosses, mushrooms, and some other plants are concealed...other. The whole atmosphere seems alive. There is every where acid to corrode, and seed to engender. Iron will rust, and mold will grow in all places.... | |
 | 1914 - 964 pages
...• produce their kind, whenever they light on a proper matrix. The extremely small seeds of fern, mosses, mushrooms, and some other plants, are concealed...In the air, every part whereof seems replete with aeeds of one kind or other. The icfto/e atmogpJiere geems alive. There is everywhere acid to corrode,... | |
 | Mary Ann Dwight - 1849 - 516 pages
...to lie latent, ready to appear and produce their kind whenever they shall light on a proper matrix. The whole atmosphere seems alive, — there is everywhere acid to corrode and seed to engender in this common receptacle of all vivifying principles ; and here is the foundation of the marriage... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester - 1869 - 446 pages
...and bestowing forms without intermission." And in paragraph 141 he says : — " The seeds of things seem to be latent in the air, ready to pair, and produce...beautifully. It is hard to improve it by one word. Still, this age demands more detailed knowledge and exact theory ; besides, the work of every few years... | |
 | Robert Angus Smith - 1869 - 174 pages
...and bestowing forms without intermission." And in paragraph 141 he says : — " The seeds of things seem to be latent in the air, ready to pair, and produce...Iron will rust and mould will grow in all places." The tendency of inquiry in modern times has been to establish a very ancient belief, that decomposing... | |
 | 1870 - 588 pages
...and bestowing forms without intermission." And in paragraph 141 he says : — " The seeds of things seem to be latent in the air, ready to pair, and produce...beautifully. It is hard to improve it by one word. Still, this age demands more detailed knowledge and exact theory ; besides, the work of every few years... | |
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The seeds of things seem to lie latent in the air, ready to appear and produce their kind, whenever they light on a proper matrix. The extremely small seeds of fern, mosses, mushrooms, and some other plants are concealed and wafted about in the air, every... 
