单词 | course of nature |
释义 | > as lemmascourse of nature (also †kind) a. course of nature (also †kind): the usual process of nature; the natural order, esp. in regard to its constancy or regularity.See also to let nature take its course at Phrases 7. Π a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Num. xiii. 34 Þere we syȝyn þyngys passynge þe cours of kynde [a1425 L.V. aȝens kynde]. c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 126 Heo dude after þe cours of kynde, And fleiȝ in-to a treo anon. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 188 August passid, ageyn vnto the roote; Be cours of nature the vertu doth resorte Be reuolucioun to Kynde. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Dv There is nomore than one in all ye cours of nature. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Hv A certayn sterre apperyng in the heuen, aboue the course of nature. 1613 J. Salkeld Treat. Angels 89 A miracle..being out of the common course of nature, beyond or above it, doth cause admiration. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 305 Touching the production of Animals,..they are in the ordinary course of Nature of two kinds. 1688 Cogitations upon Death f. 1v I Have such Dread when I should die, Not knowing where, nor in what place. Through course of kind he comes to me. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 36 The whole Course of Nature is a present Instance of his exercising That Government over us. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 145 He cannot be supposed to live much longer, according to the course of nature. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic ix. 301 To suppose that there was any Cataclasm, any violent disruption of what is the usual course of nature. 1954 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Inst. Primitive Soc. i. 4 When the more intelligent of them saw that magic does not really achieve the ends aimed at they substituted for it a belief in man-like beings who direct the course of nature. 1992 L. Woidwode Indian Affairs vi. 129 The Puritan lives, so ham-handedly opposed to the course of nature and the spirits within it, were viewed as threats. < as lemmas |
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