 | 1803 - 572 páginas
...period, it may be safely concluded that this great catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the laws now existing, and that it is not indicated by any thing which we perceive.' i We have thus endeavoured to give a general idea of the celf. brated Theory of Dr. Hutcon, from the... | |
 | John Playfair - 1822 - 552 páginas
...species of animals and vegetables that inhabit the earth, we discern neither a beginning nor an end; and in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried...it is not indicated by any thing which we perceive. It would be desirable to trace the progress of an author's mind in the formation of a system where... | |
 | John Playfait - 1822 - 550 páginas
...species of animals and vegetables that inhabit the earth, we discern neither a beginning nor an end ; and in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried...it is not indicated by any thing which we perceive. It would be desirable to trace the progress of an author's mind in the formation of a system where... | |
 | John Playfait - 1822 - 668 páginas
...period ; but we may safely conclude, that this great catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the laws now existing, and that it is not indicated by any thing which we perceive. 119. To assert, therefore, that, in the economy of the world, we see no mark, either of a beginning... | |
 | 1831 - 448 páginas
...both into the future and the past, we discover no mark either of the commencement or terinitiation of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed,...it is not indicated by any thing which we perceive. (2.) Hutton according to MacCuttoch. — The theory of Hutton is best known through the commentary... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 180 páginas
...infancy or old age, or any sign by which we may estimate either their future or their past duration. //c may put an end, as he no doubt gave a beginning, to...it is not indicated by any thing which we perceive. — Playfair's Life of Hutton, quoted in Lyell's Geology, vol ip 65. delivered, not as they truly are,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1832 - 634 páginas
...termination of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should anywhere exist. The Author of Nature has not given laws to...laws now existing, and that it is not indicated by anything which we perceive *.' The party feeling excited against the Huttonian doctrines, and the open... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 páginas
...period ; but we may safely conclude that this great catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the laws now existing, and that it is not indicated by any thing which we perWilliam BoRN AD 1741 DIED AD 1797. WE are indebted for the present notice of this amiable man to... | |
 | William Rhind - 1838 - 222 páginas
...period ; but we may safely conclude, that this great catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the laws now existing, and that it is not indicated by any thing which we perceive." PART II. GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA COMPARED WITH THK MOSAICAL RECORD. In tke beginning God created the heaven... | |
 | 1846 - 436 páginas
...Playfair eloquently observes, ' It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should anywhere exist. The Author of nature has not given laws to...laws now existing, and that it is not indicated by anything which we perceive.' Such is the simple yet comprehensive system of Hutton, which, in most... | |
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Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted in His works any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we may estimate... 
