Harry Beaufoy, Or, The Pupil of NatureThomas Kite, 1828 - Всего страниц: 95 |
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... force which is necessary for the claws to re- tain their hold , and thus the creature is enabled to sleep in safety . This remarkable property of the tendons , this uniform posture of the roosting bird , cannot be the effect of chance ...
... force which is necessary for the claws to re- tain their hold , and thus the creature is enabled to sleep in safety . This remarkable property of the tendons , this uniform posture of the roosting bird , cannot be the effect of chance ...
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... force generally restores the arm to its place with- out much difficulty . I once heard a gentleman® to whom this accident had happened , give an ac- count of it , and I observed that his imagination appeared more strongly impressed by ...
... force generally restores the arm to its place with- out much difficulty . I once heard a gentleman® to whom this accident had happened , give an ac- count of it , and I observed that his imagination appeared more strongly impressed by ...
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... force is nécessary even to stretch , and still more to break this liga- ment ; which is kindly and wisely placed for the protection of a joint , that , if dislocated , would be restored to its place with much greater diffi- culty than ...
... force is nécessary even to stretch , and still more to break this liga- ment ; which is kindly and wisely placed for the protection of a joint , that , if dislocated , would be restored to its place with much greater diffi- culty than ...
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... force than it acts against the coats of the veins . To prevent any danger from this difference of pressure , the arteries are formed of much tougher and stronger materials than the veins . This is one difference ; the other is still ...
... force than it acts against the coats of the veins . To prevent any danger from this difference of pressure , the arteries are formed of much tougher and stronger materials than the veins . This is one difference ; the other is still ...
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... forces the blood into the arteries ; the quantity thus impelled be- ing always equal to that which has just been re- ceived . And thus this wonderful organ goes on alternately contracting and dilating itself four thousand times in an ...
... forces the blood into the arteries ; the quantity thus impelled be- ing always equal to that which has just been re- ceived . And thus this wonderful organ goes on alternately contracting and dilating itself four thousand times in an ...
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accident action amuse animals appeared arteries back-bone ball and socket ball-and-socket joint beautiful bee-bread believe birds body bone butterfly cabbage called cartilage caterpillar cells circulation claws consequence contraction contrivance creatures curious dear dear boy dislocated eggs enjoy examine exclaimed Harry farina feel fish flesh flowers fowl gastric juice gizzard HARRY BEAUFOY Harry's head heart hen-house hinge-joint hip-joint honey idea insect intelligent principle joint kind leg of mutton ligament living look lungs mamma means mechanical mind mother move muscles natural necessary nerves never observe opinion organs pain papa perceive perfectly pipes playing at cricket pleasure plied power of motion proof purpose reason recollect replied his father resemblance roost run back seen shoulder shut sleep spinal marrow spine stomach sufficient suppose sure tadpole tell tendon thing thought tion told trap-ball understand valves veins vertebræ watch wish wonderful
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Стр. 68 - Instinct is th' unerring guide, What Pope or Council can they need beside? Reason, however able, cool at best, Cares not for service, or but serves when prest...
Стр. 85 - Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind : • Here subterranean works and cities see, There towns aerial on the waving tree.
Стр. 85 - Thus then to man the voice of nature spake — " Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Стр. 53 - ... presses the sides of the arteries with greater force than it acts against the coats of the veins. To prevent any danger from this difference of pressure, the arteries are formed of much tougher and stronger materials than the veins. This is one difference between the two ; there is another still more strikingly illustrative of the care of the Great Artificer. As a wound in the arteries, through which the blood passes with such force from the heart, would be more dangerous than a wound in the...
Стр. 51 - The good citizens of London may use the water, or waste it, as they please; but the precious fluid, conveyed by the arteries to the ends of the fingers, must be returned to the heart; for on its unceasing circulation our health depends. In order to effect this purpose...
Стр. 53 - ... sheltered situation. They are deeply buried among the muscles, or they creep along grooves made for them in the bones. The under side of the ribs is sloped and furrowed, to allow these important tubes...
Стр. 90 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Стр. 54 - ... especially in the arterial system, there is, in many parts, only a membrane, a skin, a thread.
Стр. 71 - ... that could give me the least idea of wax ; I conceived these scales might be it, at least I thought it necessary to investigate them. I therefore took several on the point of a needle, and held them to a candle, where they melted, and immediately formed themselves into a round globe...
Стр. 1 - But touches some above, and some below; Learns, from this union of the rising whole, The first, last purpose of the human soul; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, All end, in love of God, and love of man.