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" Among the problems proposed by that true-spirited but eccentric philosopher, Sir Thomas Browne, is one, " Why, among Sea-stars, Nature chiefly delighteth in five points ?" and in his Garden of Cyrus he observes, "By the same number (five) doth Nature... "
The Garden of Cyrus.. - Page 30
by Sir Thomas Browne - 1736 - 40 pages
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A History of British Starfishes, and Other Animals of the Class ..., Part 1

Edward Forbes - Echinodermata - 1841 - 302 pages
...chiefly delighteth in five points ?" and in his Garden of Cyrus he observes, "By the same number (five) doth Nature divide the circle of the Sea-star, and in that order and number disposeth those elegant semicircles or dental sockets and eggs in the Sea Hedge-hog." Among the lower...
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Typical Forms and Special Ends in Creation

James McCosh, George Dickie - Biology - 1856 - 562 pages
...among sea-stars, Nature chiefly delighteth in five points ?" and again, " By the same number (five) doth Nature divide the circle of the seastar, and in that order and number disposeth those elegant semicircles or dental sockets and eggs in the sea hedgehog." "Every plate of...
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The English Cyclopaedia, Part 2, Volume 2

Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 630 pages
...delighteth in five points Î ' and in his ' Garden of Cyrus ' he observes, ' By the вате number (five) doth nature divide the circle of the SeaStar, and in that order and number disposeth those elegant semicircles or dental sockets and eggs in the Sea-Hedgehog.' Among the lower...
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The Oyster-industry

Ernest Ingersoll - Oyster culture - 1881 - 302 pages
...chiefly delighteth in five points 'I and in his Garden of Cyrus he observes : ' By the same number (five) doth nature divide the circle of the sea-star, and in that order and number disposeth those elegant semicircles or dental sockets and eggs in the sea hedge-hog '. Among the lower...
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Scribners Monthly, Volume 22

Literature - 1881 - 980 pages
...delighteth in five points ? ' and in his ' Garden of Cygnus' he observes: ' By the same number, five, dotli Nature divide the circle of the sea-star, and in that order and number disposeth those elegant gum-circles or dental sockets and eggs in the sea-hedgehog.' " Through all...
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Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, Or, A Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes Lately ...

Sir Thomas Browne - Gardening - 1927 - 240 pages
...maketh five circles equall unto k felf9 in each progrefie ffom thofe quarters, abfolving an eqoall circle, By the fame number doth nature divide the circle of the Sea-Starre, and in that order and number difpofeth thofe elegant Semi-circles , or dentall fockcts...
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