 The human animal is the only one which is naked, and the only one which can clothe itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature...  Outlines of Physical Geography - Page 190by George William Fitch - 1856 - 225 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Evans - English prose literature - 1807 - 318 pages
...and this is one of the properties which render him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature of his habitation. " What art however, does for men, nature has, in many instances, done for those animals which are incapable... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1810 - 498 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the equator. What art, however, does for men, nature has, in many instances, done for those... | |
 | William Paley - God - 1811 - 574 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the equator. What art, however, does for men, nature has, in many instances, done for those... | |
 | William Paley - Natural history - 1819 - 302 pages
...renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or light: -ness of his covering to the temperature of his habitation....him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the equator. ,»ne animal's coat for another, without evidently changing it for the worse:... | |
 | Natural history - 1822 - 192 pages
...he can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covericg to the temperature of his habitation. Had man been born with a fleece upon his back, although he might have been comforted by its warmth in very cold countries, it would have become intolerably oppressive for those who lived in the torrid... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 382 pages
...itself. This U one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the equator. What art, however, does for men, nature has, in many instances, done for those... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 382 pages
...of the properties which renders him an animal *f all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt rhe warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature...although he might have been comforted by its warmth m high latitudes, it would have oppressed him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1825 - 440 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the equator. What art, however, does for men, nature has, in many instances, done for those... | |
 | William Paley - Natural history - 1826 - 320 pages
...properties which render him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmtfc or lightness of his covering to the temperature of...him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the equator. What art, however, does for men, nature has, in many instances, done for those... | |
 | Creation - 1826 - 188 pages
...seasons, and which was necessary for him, as he is to inhabit every part of the earth. For thus he can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature of his habitation. Had man been born witk a fleece upon his hack, although he migfit have been comforted by its warmth in... | |
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