A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
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The works of nature naturally lead the contemplative mind up the stream of
creation to God the fountain - head . This they did to David , and so should they
do to us . All the works which we behold shew forth his wisdom , power , and
goodness ...
The works of nature naturally lead the contemplative mind up the stream of
creation to God the fountain - head . This they did to David , and so should they
do to us . All the works which we behold shew forth his wisdom , power , and
goodness ...
Page 30
How admirably are they suited with bills ! whereas , if their mouths had been
large , and in their heads , as those of quadrupeds are , how could they then
have taken up small particles of grain from the earth , or digged insects out of the
mould ...
How admirably are they suited with bills ! whereas , if their mouths had been
large , and in their heads , as those of quadrupeds are , how could they then
have taken up small particles of grain from the earth , or digged insects out of the
mould ...
Page 35
... and inhain bitants that lodged within ; so the noblest senses are not stationed
low in the body , but wisely in the head , said by some to be the capital of the soul
, so that they may give timely intelligence of hurt to that rational monarch .
... and inhain bitants that lodged within ; so the noblest senses are not stationed
low in the body , but wisely in the head , said by some to be the capital of the soul
, so that they may give timely intelligence of hurt to that rational monarch .
Page 37
And though the hearing and smelling have their ports continually open , yet are
they not less secured , being stationed a good way back ; whereas , if these
intelligencers were posted entirely on the outside of the head or face , the
slightest ...
And though the hearing and smelling have their ports continually open , yet are
they not less secured , being stationed a good way back ; whereas , if these
intelligencers were posted entirely on the outside of the head or face , the
slightest ...
Page 38
... dishonouring Him , and in idle and trifling conversation ! In the head , likewise ,
is the brain , the fountain of the animal spirits , the principle of all sense and
motion , and said to be the palace - royal of the soul : not to speak of the
numerous ...
... dishonouring Him , and in idle and trifling conversation ! In the head , likewise ,
is the brain , the fountain of the animal spirits , the principle of all sense and
motion , and said to be the palace - royal of the soul : not to speak of the
numerous ...
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| Title | A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
| Author | James Fisher |
| Publisher | author, 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 338 pages |
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