On the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of Animals and in Their History Habits and Instincts, Volume 1William Pickering, 1835 - Biology |
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... legs . 3. Bdella nilotica 336 a . Anterior sucker . b . Posterior do . c . Reproductive organs . 4. Lycoris ægyptia ... 347 Referred to by mistake as an Octopus , 308 . Meyer With 1.a 1.6 5 3. a 3.c 3. b xvi EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES .
... legs . 3. Bdella nilotica 336 a . Anterior sucker . b . Posterior do . c . Reproductive organs . 4. Lycoris ægyptia ... 347 Referred to by mistake as an Octopus , 308 . Meyer With 1.a 1.6 5 3. a 3.c 3. b xvi EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES .
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... legs . Now here are a number of organs and parts that must have been contemporary , since one is evidently constructed with a view to the other and the whole organization and structure of the whole body forming the societies of these ...
... legs . Now here are a number of organs and parts that must have been contemporary , since one is evidently constructed with a view to the other and the whole organization and structure of the whole body forming the societies of these ...
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... legs , & c . but though motions usually produced by the will acting by the nerves upon the muscles have thus been generated by a species of the electric fluid , proving its affinity with the nervous power or fluid , yet the subjects of ...
... legs , & c . but though motions usually produced by the will acting by the nerves upon the muscles have thus been generated by a species of the electric fluid , proving its affinity with the nervous power or fluid , yet the subjects of ...
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... legs best fitted for motion on the theatre on which they were to act their part , and to fulfil the will of their Creator . The earth was now completely furnished and decorated to receive her destined king and master . The sun , the ...
... legs best fitted for motion on the theatre on which they were to act their part , and to fulfil the will of their Creator . The earth was now completely furnished and decorated to receive her destined king and master . The sun , the ...
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... legs , which are stated to combine characters observable in the Cetaceans with those of the 1 Job , xxxviii . 16 , 17 . 2 Ps . cxlviii . 7 . 3 Genes . i . 21. Lament . iv . 3. Exod . vi . 9 , 10 . 3 1 Saurians , particularly the ...
... legs , which are stated to combine characters observable in the Cetaceans with those of the 1 Job , xxxviii . 16 , 17 . 2 Ps . cxlviii . 7 . 3 Genes . i . 21. Lament . iv . 3. Exod . vi . 9 , 10 . 3 1 Saurians , particularly the ...
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Page 88 - Kings of armies did flee apace : and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
Page 391 - ... but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Page 76 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page lxi - For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...
Page lxxxix - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 47 - And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.
Page xcvii - And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices ; and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God : and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Page 380 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page lxxxiv - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, To set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory, For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, And he hath set the world upon them.
Page xc - So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.