 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 30by Sir Thomas Browne - 1736 - 40 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Forbes - History - 1841 - 267 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... | |
 | James McCosh, George Dickie - Religion - 1856 - 539 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867
...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... | |
 | ...circles equal unto itself, in each progress from those quarters absolving an equal circle. By the same number doth nature divide the circle of the sea-star, and in that order and number disposeth these elegant semi -circles, or dental sockets and eggs, in the sea-hedgehog. And no mean... | |
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