The universe; a philosophical poem. With additions and notes by A. Crocker1808 |
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... wonderful , aquatic animalcule , called the POLYPE ; a creature which , in the ordinary mode of propa- gation , is produced from the side of its parent ; first appearing as a small protuberance , from whence it gradually encreases to a ...
... wonderful , aquatic animalcule , called the POLYPE ; a creature which , in the ordinary mode of propa- gation , is produced from the side of its parent ; first appearing as a small protuberance , from whence it gradually encreases to a ...
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... , possess limbs , muscles , heart , and senses , whereby they regulate their actions and enjoy life ,. ib . n . 48 49 51 n . 52 33 55 55 56 Animalcules are not only wonderful in their formation , but ARGUMENT . xxiii.
... , possess limbs , muscles , heart , and senses , whereby they regulate their actions and enjoy life ,. ib . n . 48 49 51 n . 52 33 55 55 56 Animalcules are not only wonderful in their formation , but ARGUMENT . xxiii.
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Henry Baker Abraham Crocker. Animalcules are not only wonderful in their formation , but wise in their economies , ...... .... --- their existence but of short duration , yet suf- ficiently long for performing all the functions or ...
Henry Baker Abraham Crocker. Animalcules are not only wonderful in their formation , but wise in their economies , ...... .... --- their existence but of short duration , yet suf- ficiently long for performing all the functions or ...
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... wonderful luminous rings ( one within the other ) surrounding his body , evidently designed to furnish ad- ditional lights to him . These rings have their rotation in about ten hours and half : -the extreme diameter of the outer ring is ...
... wonderful luminous rings ( one within the other ) surrounding his body , evidently designed to furnish ad- ditional lights to him . These rings have their rotation in about ten hours and half : -the extreme diameter of the outer ring is ...
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... dust of sand visible to the naked eye , reflects thus , " It is wonderful to consider the several parts of a creature even so minute as this , ( for the microscope . has Yet each within its little bulk , contains An heart THE UNIVERSE . 55.
... dust of sand visible to the naked eye , reflects thus , " It is wonderful to consider the several parts of a creature even so minute as this , ( for the microscope . has Yet each within its little bulk , contains An heart THE UNIVERSE . 55.
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adoration Almighty animalcules animals appearance assign'd astronomer Astronomy beauty behold bright bulk canst CERES cern colour COMETS creation crocodile destin'd diameter Diff'rent dimensions and motions distance diurnal rotation earth of our's eight hundred eternal ev'ry excite firmament firmament of Heaven fixed stars flow'r give light glasses glittering globe glorious grain of sand greater number habitable world heat of planetary heavenly bodies Heavens hence HENRY BAKER hundred and forty inhabited insect Jupiter living creatures maker's mankind meanest microscope mighty millions of miles minutes Mite moon naked eye nature number of stars o'er the plain observations op'ning opinion orbit orbs papilla philosophers planet was discovered Poem pow'r pride rays reason revolution revolves rise round the sun Saturn shew skies solar system soul species spider sun and moon TAUNTON telescope thee things thou thousand miles three hundred tyger urg'd vast VESTA whence whole Universe wings wisdom wond'rous wonderful
Popular passages
Page 10 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 37 - Each seed includes a plant : that plant, again, Has other seeds, which other plants contain : Those other plants have all their seeds ; and those, More plants, again, successively inclose. ********* So Adam's loins contain'd his large posterity, All people that have been, and all that e'er shall be.
Page 8 - Come forth, O man, yon azure Round survey, And view those Lamps which yield eternal Day. Bring forth thy Glasses: clear thy wond'ring Eyes; Millions beyond the former Millions rise : Look farther :— Millions more blaze from remoter Skies: . . . And canst thou think, poor Worm!
Page 31 - Strange and amazing must the difference be, 'Twixt this dull planet and bright Mercury; Yet reason says, nor can we doubt at all, Millions of beings dwell on either ball, With constitutions fitted for that spot Where Providence, all-wise, has fixed their lot.
Page 13 - Or ought we not with reason to reply, Each lucid point which glows in yonder sky, Informs a system in the boundless space, And fills with glory its appointed place : With beams, unborrow'd, brightens other skies, And worlds, to thee unknown, with heat and life supplies.
Page 21 - First, Mercury, amidst full tides of light, Rolls next the sun, through his small circle bright ; Our earth would blaze beneath so fierce a ray, And all its marble mountains melt away.
Page 22 - ... can't endure : Our earth would blaze beneath fo fierce a ray, And all its marble mountains melt away. Fair Venus, next, fulfils her larger round, With fofter beams, and milder glory crown'd. Friend to mankind, me glitters from afar, Now the bright ev'ning, now the morning fiar. More diftant ftill, our earth comes rolling...
Page 45 - The wond'rous change which is ordain'd for thee. Thou too shalt leave thy reptile form behind, And mount the skies, a pure etherial mind, There range among the stars, all bright and un[confin'd.
Page 44 - And courts the fair ones thro' the verdant Groves. How glorious now! How chang'd since Yesterday! When on the Ground, a crawling Worm it lay, Where ev'ry Foot might tread its Soul away ! Who rais'd it thence ? And bid it range the Skies ? Gave its rich Plumage, and its brilliant Dyes ? 'Twas God : — Its God and thine, O Man, and He In this thy Fellow-Creature lets thee see, The wond'rous Change which is ordain'd for thee.
Page 44 - Sips from each flower, and breathes the vernal skies. Its splendid plumes, in graceful order, show The various glories of the painted bow ; Where love directs, a libertine it roves, And courts the fair ones through the verdant groves.