The animal creation: its claims on our humanityThomas Ward and Company, 1839 - 357 Seiten |
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... other obey an instinct which destroys the life of their victim at the least possible expense of pain . It is usually in the night time , and in the hour of sleep , that they sink under the fangs and ITS CLAIMS ON OUR HUMANITY , 9.
... other obey an instinct which destroys the life of their victim at the least possible expense of pain . It is usually in the night time , and in the hour of sleep , that they sink under the fangs and ITS CLAIMS ON OUR HUMANITY , 9.
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... hour , its miseries aggravated and increased by the cruel agency of man . Great stress is laid by the inspired historian , on the violence of the antediluvian world . Repeatedly does he affirm that the earth was filled with violence ...
... hour , its miseries aggravated and increased by the cruel agency of man . Great stress is laid by the inspired historian , on the violence of the antediluvian world . Repeatedly does he affirm that the earth was filled with violence ...
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... hours ; yet , on the signal before mentioned , they all made a sudden stand , and though they con- tinued opening as much as before , durst not once attempt to pass beyond the pole . At the same moment , Sir Roger rode forward , and ...
... hours ; yet , on the signal before mentioned , they all made a sudden stand , and though they con- tinued opening as much as before , durst not once attempt to pass beyond the pole . At the same moment , Sir Roger rode forward , and ...
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... hours together , and then seized in the midst of its agony , and torn piece - meal by a pack of ravenous bloodhounds . " This is good Saxon Eng- lish . If it is not oratory , it is plain common sense . Every season exhibits such ...
... hours together , and then seized in the midst of its agony , and torn piece - meal by a pack of ravenous bloodhounds . " This is good Saxon Eng- lish . If it is not oratory , it is plain common sense . Every season exhibits such ...
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... . After ten minutes ' delay he went off at a fine pace , and for fifty - five minutes without a check . In ten minutes the hounds . hit him off again , and ran for another hour . He then fell exhausted be- 36 THE ANIMAL CREATION ,
... . After ten minutes ' delay he went off at a fine pace , and for fifty - five minutes without a check . In ten minutes the hounds . hit him off again , and ran for another hour . He then fell exhausted be- 36 THE ANIMAL CREATION ,
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Seite 189 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Seite 205 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Seite 192 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Seite 204 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together ; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their young ones shall lie down together : and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice den.
Seite 142 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Seite 191 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Seite 198 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost ; but with force and cruelty have ye ruled them.
Seite 199 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle...
Seite 191 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field ; the wild asses quench their thirst.
Seite 246 - Nor yet quite deserted, though lonely extended, For, faithful in death, his mute favorite attended, The much-loved remains of her master defended, And chased the hill-fox and the raven away. •. How long didst thou think that his silence was slumber? When the wind waved his garment, how oft didst thou start?