The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... Brutes 69. The Force of Instinct exemplified in the natural History of the Beaver 261 272 281 70. On the Habitation of Animals in general ........ 290 71. On the Instinct of Affection in the Brute Creation 301 72. On the Artifices of ...
... Brutes 69. The Force of Instinct exemplified in the natural History of the Beaver 261 272 281 70. On the Habitation of Animals in general ........ 290 71. On the Instinct of Affection in the Brute Creation 301 72. On the Artifices of ...
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... Brutes have generally the sense of smelling in much greater perfection than man ; as by this alone they distinguish the virtues and qualities of bodies unknown before ; hunt out their food at a great dis- tance , as hounds and birds of ...
... Brutes have generally the sense of smelling in much greater perfection than man ; as by this alone they distinguish the virtues and qualities of bodies unknown before ; hunt out their food at a great dis- tance , as hounds and birds of ...
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... brutes the intellectual facul- ties of men ? Questions of this kind proceed from the petulance of ignorance and presumption . Every creature is perfect , according to its destination . Ex- alt or depress any order of beings , the whole ...
... brutes the intellectual facul- ties of men ? Questions of this kind proceed from the petulance of ignorance and presumption . Every creature is perfect , according to its destination . Ex- alt or depress any order of beings , the whole ...
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... brutes , from brutes to imperceptible insects , it ascends , likewise , by a beautiful gradation , from man to angel , to arch- angel , and to inconceivable orders of celestial spirits . How sublime , how unutterable the idea of such a ...
... brutes , from brutes to imperceptible insects , it ascends , likewise , by a beautiful gradation , from man to angel , to arch- angel , and to inconceivable orders of celestial spirits . How sublime , how unutterable the idea of such a ...
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... brutes have for the beings to which they have given exist- ence , a circumstance of no consideration ? Even the smallest of the feathered tribes have been known to pursue through the air those birds that have robbed them of their young ...
... brutes have for the beings to which they have given exist- ence , a circumstance of no consideration ? Even the smallest of the feathered tribes have been known to pursue through the air those birds that have robbed them of their young ...
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