Philozoia; Or, Moral Reflections on the Actual Condition of the Animal Kingdom, and on the Means of Improving the Same; with Numerous Anecdotes and Illustrative Notes: Addressed to Lewis Gompertz, Esq., President of the Animals Friend SocietyDeltombe and Company, 1839 - 94 Seiten |
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... human crimes , which , having sprung from habitual cruelty towards animals , had been consummated in the most revolting enormities committed against man . The notorious monster , for example , who many years ago was brought to condign ...
... human crimes , which , having sprung from habitual cruelty towards animals , had been consummated in the most revolting enormities committed against man . The notorious monster , for example , who many years ago was brought to condign ...
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... master's ingratitude and brutality , still bayed the waning moon . Among all these various sounds , that of the human voice alone was , as it always has been , ungrateful to my ears ; for , TO LEWIS GOMPERTZ , ESQ . vii.
... master's ingratitude and brutality , still bayed the waning moon . Among all these various sounds , that of the human voice alone was , as it always has been , ungrateful to my ears ; for , TO LEWIS GOMPERTZ , ESQ . vii.
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... human brutes , miscalling themselves Christians , did not exact unrequited labour , or , what is worse , a life of toil too frequently rewarded in the end , with insult , cruelty , and murder . There seemed therefore to me such an ...
... human brutes , miscalling themselves Christians , did not exact unrequited labour , or , what is worse , a life of toil too frequently rewarded in the end , with insult , cruelty , and murder . There seemed therefore to me such an ...
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... humanity . in In the subsequent sections will be found a large mass of miscellaneous matter seldom , if ever , before placed in the same point of view , and illustrated by numerous anecdotes . The task would have been by no means ...
... humanity . in In the subsequent sections will be found a large mass of miscellaneous matter seldom , if ever , before placed in the same point of view , and illustrated by numerous anecdotes . The task would have been by no means ...
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... human heart , whose branches penetrate the skies and bear their fruits in Heaven . I trust therefore that you will long live to enjoy the consciousness of being an active disseminator of useful opinions , and that the Society will ...
... human heart , whose branches penetrate the skies and bear their fruits in Heaven . I trust therefore that you will long live to enjoy the consciousness of being an active disseminator of useful opinions , and that the Society will ...
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Seite 44 - All go unto one place, all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. " Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works ; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Seite 45 - to punishment and reward, animals are spoken of as having, in common with man, a right of retribution conferred on them by the laws of God : In Genesis, ix. 4, we read, "And surely your blood of your lives will I require, at the hand of every beast will I require* it, and at the hand of man, etc. This
Seite 44 - the sous of men befallelh beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dielh, so dieth the other ; yea, they have all one breath : so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity.
Seite 83 - words deceit! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. Ye ! who perchance behold this simple urn, Pass on—it honours none you wish to mourn : To mark a friend's remains these stones arise, I never knew but one, and here he lies.
Seite 81 - Casta , fave, Lucina : tuus jam regnat Apollo. Teque adeo decus hoc aevi, te consule, inibit Pollio, et incipient magni procedere menses : Te duce, si qua manent sceleris vestigia nostri, Irrita perpetua solvent formidine terras. Ille deum vitam accipiet, divisque videbit Permixtos heroas, et ipse videbitur
Seite 67 - et similis factus est illis. In the Catholic translation of the English College at Douay, the above is justly rendered : — " Man when he was in honour did not understand ; he hath been compared to senseless beasts and made like to them." But in the common Protestant version we read, "Man that is in honour and understandeth not is like the beasts that perish.
Seite 78 - sine semine flores. Mox etiam fruges tellus inarata ferebat : Nee renovatus ager gravidis canebat aristis. Flumina jam lactis, jam flumina nectaris ibant : Flavaque de viridi stillabant ilice mella. Postquam, Saturno tenebrosa in Tartara misso, Sub Jove mundus erat;
Seite 82 - Calliopea ; Lino, formosus Apollo. Pan etiam Arcadia mecum si judice certet, Pan etiam Arcadia dicat se judice viclum. Incipe, parve puer, risu cognoscere matrem ; Matri longa decem tulerunt fastidia menses. Incipe, parve puer : cui non risere
Seite 78 - non ensis, erant. Sine militis usu Mollia secure peragebant otia gentes. Ipsa quoque immunis, rastroque intacta , nee ullis Saucia vomeribus, per se dabat omnia tellus: Contentique cibis, nullo cogente , creatis, Arbuteos foetus, montanaque fraga legebant, Cornaque, et in duris
Seite 79 - ferumque, Armeniaeque tigres , iracundique leones, Cumque lupis ursi, dapibus cum sanguine gaudent. Heu quantum scelus est, in viscera viscera condi, Congestoque avidum pinguescere corpore corpus; Alteriusque animantem animantis vivere leto! Scilicet in tantis opibus, quas, optima matrum, Terra parit, nil