Volume 1

Paley's Natural theology / with illustrative notes, by Henry, Lord Brougham and Sir Charles Bell to which are added supplementary dissertations, by Sir Charles Bell.

  • Paley, William, 1743-1805.
Date:
1836
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Credit: Paley's Natural theology / with illustrative notes, by Henry, Lord Brougham and Sir Charles Bell to which are added supplementary dissertations, by Sir Charles Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    ADVERTISEMENT. It is apparent that considerable difficulty must attend the task of illustrating the justly cele- brated work of Dr. Paley. According to his design, no one subject could be fully and finally treated: the eye, the ear, the teeth, and many other organs, are of necessity touched upon oc- casionally and repeatedly in different chapters, at one time to prove prospective contrivances, at another to show compensation, or relation. This is undoubtedly a plan suited to the object of the author; and time and the opinion of the public pronounced on the work have amply con- firmed his judgment in adopting it. Fearful of introducing too many additional subjects in the notes to the text, and thus overloading the ar- gument, avc have thrown the Dissertations, in illustration of the various matters, into an Ap- pendix : thus leaving the reader more at liberty to select the subjects on which he desires further information. Mr. Paxton, of Oxford, several years ago, pub- lished a valuable work illustrating the Natural b 2