If after this we look into the several inward Perfections of Cunning and Sagacity, or what we generally call Instinct, we find them rising after the same manner, imperceptibly one above another, and receiving additional Improvements, according to the... The British Essayists: Spectator - 195. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1823Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Alexander Hunter - 1803 - 590 oldal
...in the perfection of its mental powers, as well as of its organic sensations. And this progrefsion is so very gradual, that the most perfect, of an inferior species, approaches very near to the most imperfect, of that which is above it. The chain is continued between... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 oldal
...cunning and sagacity, or what we generally call instinct, we find them rising after the same manner, imperceptibly one above another, and receiving additional...most imperfect of that which is immediately above it. Thp exuberant and overflowing goodness of the Supreme Being, whose mercy extends to all his works,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 oldal
...nature is fo very gradual, that the moft perfect of an inferior fpecies, comes very near to the moft imperfect. of that which is immediately above it. The exuberant and overflowing goodnefs of the Supreme Being, whofe mercy extends to all his works, is plainly feen, as I have before... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 oldal
...goodness, or the wisdom of the Divine Being, more manifested in this his proceeding ? in which they implanted. This progress in nature is so very gradual,...most imperfect of that which is immediately above it. There is a consequence, besides those I have already , mentioned, which seems very naturally deduciblc... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 oldal
...cunning and sagacity, or what we generally call instinct, we find them rising, afler the same manner* imperceptibly one above another ; and receiving additional...This progress in nature is so very gradual, that the rnast perfect of an inferior species, conies very near to the most imperfect of that which -13 immediately... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1817 - 290 oldal
...implaiittd. This progress in nature is so verygradual, that the most perfect of an interior species, comí s very near to the most imperfect of that which is immediately above it. The exuberant and overflewing goodness of the Supreme Being, whose mercy extends to all hi» works, is plainly seen,... | |
| Rufus W. Adams - 1818 - 322 oldal
...generally call instinct, we find them rising, la the same manner, imperceptibly one above* another ; ami receiving additional improvements? according to the...are implanted. This progress in nature is so very gradual.8 that the most perfect of an inferior species, comes very near to (lie most imperfect of that... | |
| Daniel Isaac - 1819 - 170 oldal
...the same manner imperceptibly one above another, and receiving addi" tional improvements, accordingto the species in which they are implanted" This progress...gradual, that the most perfect of an " inferior species come very near to the most imperfect of that which is " immediately above it" Spectator, No. 519. -f... | |
| 1823 - 626 oldal
...he has a similar idea, which he has expressed in nearly the same words. He says, " The progress of nature is so very gradual, that the most perfect of an inferior species comes very near the most imperfect of that immediately above it." I could give many other authorities, Mr. Editor,... | |
| Moral essays - 1821 - 188 oldal
...cunning and sagacity, or what we generally call instinct, wo find them rising, after the same manner, imperceptibly one above another ; and receiving additional...to the most imperfect of that which is immediately abova The exuberant and overflowing goodness of ' .the Supreme Being, whose mercy extends to all Jlis... | |
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