| William Marrat, Pishey Thompson - 1812 - 488 str.
...subject to sleep" He says " that as the sleep of animals consists in the suspension of voluntary motion, and as vegetables are likewise subject to sleep, — there is reason to conclude that the various acts of opening and closing their petals and foliage may be justly ascribed to a voluntary power ;... | |
| 1823 - 936 str.
...subject to sleep as well as animal*, there is reason to conclude (says he) that the various action of closing their petals and foliage may be justly ascribed...volition sleep would not have been necessary to them." \\hetlier llii-v definition of sleep when applied to animals be just, we shall not inquire ; but it... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1824 - 246 str.
...spontanety. Add to this, that as the sleep of animals consists in a suspension of voluntary motion, and as vegetables are likewise subject to sleep, there...volition, sleep would not have been necessary to them. A * move, 186 [Canlo IT. By moon-crown'd moaques with gay reflections glides, And vast pagodas trembling... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 str.
...the various action of closing their petals and folias^ may be justly ascribed to a voluntary p»wer ; for without the faculty of volition sleep • would not have been necessary to them.' Whether this definition of sleep when applied to animals be just, we shall not enquire ; but it is... | |
| 1860 - 596 str.
...spontaneity. He remarks, " that as the sleep of animals consists in a suspension of voluntary motion, and as vegetables are likewise subject to sleep, there...various actions of opening and closing their petals aud foliage may be justly ascribed to a voluntary power ; for, without the faculty of volition, sleep... | |
| 1895 - 900 str.
...He says: "The sleep of animals consists in the suspension of voluntary motion, and as vegetables are subject to sleep there is reason to conclude that...opening and closing their petals and foliage may be ascribed to a voluntary power ; for without the faculty of volition sleep would not have been necessary... | |
| 1895 - 896 str.
...reason to conclude that the various actions of opening and closing their petals and foliage may be ascribed to a voluntary power ; for without the faculty of volition sleep would not have been necessary for them." Probably a fair representation of prevalent thought on this subject at an early part of... | |
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