Recreations in Agriculture, Natural-history, Arts, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volumen2T. Bensley and sold by J. Wallis, 1800 |
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... become so far enlight- ened as to see how much their own interest might be promoted by restoring that freedom to their tenants , the want of which has precluded them from dreaming of many improvements that must precede that ardent ...
... become so far enlight- ened as to see how much their own interest might be promoted by restoring that freedom to their tenants , the want of which has precluded them from dreaming of many improvements that must precede that ardent ...
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... become an object of inquiry . The same thing may be said of the varieties of barley , rye , oats , pease , beans ... becomes necefsary for me to adduce some well authenticated facts under this head , which will esta- blish the utility ...
... become an object of inquiry . The same thing may be said of the varieties of barley , rye , oats , pease , beans ... becomes necefsary for me to adduce some well authenticated facts under this head , which will esta- blish the utility ...
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... become perfectly docile ( for no animal is more docile than a domesticated ele- phant ) , yet it may still have its mind so much influ- enced by former habits , as never to become so per- fectly tame in all respects as it might ...
... become perfectly docile ( for no animal is more docile than a domesticated ele- phant ) , yet it may still have its mind so much influ- enced by former habits , as never to become so per- fectly tame in all respects as it might ...
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... become subservient to his will . Having thus endeavoured to clear away some rub- bish that has long retarded the progress of improve- ment in this line , and to establish some general dis- criminative notions on this subject , founded ...
... become subservient to his will . Having thus endeavoured to clear away some rub- bish that has long retarded the progress of improve- ment in this line , and to establish some general dis- criminative notions on this subject , founded ...
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... becoming diffident in regard to such decisions . All the large animals that are to be found on this our globe are susceptible of the distinctions of sex ; and it is a rule , to which I know no exception , that among these no progeny ...
... becoming diffident in regard to such decisions . All the large animals that are to be found on this our globe are susceptible of the distinctions of sex ; and it is a rule , to which I know no exception , that among these no progeny ...
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Recreations in Agriculture, Natural-history, Arts, and ..., Volumen2 James Anderson Vista completa - 1800 |
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Página 352 - ... and how in another instant, by a change in that volition, all these muscles are thrown into a different state, and a new set brought into action, and so on continually as long as he pleases, his mind is lost in the immensity of wonder that this excites. But when he farther reflects, that it is not only he himself that is endowed with the faculty of calling forth these incomprehensible energies, but that the most insignificant insect is vested with powers of a similar sort, he is still more confounded....
Página 79 - Still there are who raptured view Scenes which youthful hopes endear Where they science learn to woo ; Still they love to wander here. Peace they meet in every grove ; Lives again the rapturous song 5 Sweetly sportive still they rove, Cam ! thy sedgey banks along.
Página 350 - ... what must be the exact amount of the motion thus produced. In this train of investigation the mind of a Newton can display its superior powers, and soar to a height that exalts it...
Página 469 - I little imagined, when I took my last leave of the walks of public life, that any event could bring me again on a public theatre. But the unjust conduct of France towards these United States has been and continues to be such, that it must be opposed by a firm and manly resistance, or we shall not only hazard the subjugation of our government, but the independence of our nation also ; both being evidently struck at by a lawless, domineering power...
Página 109 - I have studied it ever since June last, and have found in it striking characteristics of both plant and animal. It is a little aquatic being; at first sight, every one imagines it to be a plant ; but, if it be a plant, it is sensitive and ambulent : if it be an animal, it may be propagated by slips, or cuttings, like many plants.
Página 78 - Kind and gentle w^s. his heart ; — Now again I drop the tear. Bending sad beside thy stream, While I heave the frequent sigh, Do thy rippling waters gleam. Sympathetic murmuring by ? Then Oh ! Cam...
Página 352 - ... sort, he is still more confounded. A skilful naturalist has been able to perceive, that in the body of the poorest caterpillar, which, in the common opinion is one of the most degraded existences on this globe, there are upwards of two thousand muscles, all of which can be brought into action with as much facility at the will of that insect, and perform their several offices with as much accuracy, promptitude, and precision, as in the most perfect animal ; and all this is done by that insect...
Página 122 - Yet, according to the account of Don Ulloa, these three discordant climates seldom encroach much on each other's territories. The hot winds below, if they ascend, become cooled by their expansion ; and hence they cannot affect the snow upon the summit ; and the cold winds, that sweep the summit, become condensed as they descend, and of temperate warmth before they reach the fertile plains of Quito.
Página 470 - The gardener, whom you were so obliging as to send me, continues to conduct himself extremely well. He is industrious, sober, and orderly, and understands his business. In short, I never had a hired servant that pleased me better; and what adds to my satisfaction is, that he is himself contented, having declared that he never was happier in his life.
Página 121 - Now, as the vast region of air which surrounds our globe is perpetually moving along its surface, climbing up the sides of mountains, and descending into the valleys, as it passes along, it must be perpetually varying the degree of heat according to the elevation of the country it traverses; for in rising to the summits of mountains it becomes expanded, having so much of the pressure of the superincumbent atmosphere taken away ; and when thus expanded, it attracts or absorbs heat from the mountains...