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Page xxi
... commonly mistaken ; and in the other has some curious observations on the art of hawking , which he considers as a practice unknown to the ancients . I believe all our sports of the field are of Gothick original ; the ancients neither ...
... commonly mistaken ; and in the other has some curious observations on the art of hawking , which he considers as a practice unknown to the ancients . I believe all our sports of the field are of Gothick original ; the ancients neither ...
Page xxvi
... commonly called Ecclesiasticus , which , in the thirty - eighth chapter , and the first verse , hath these words : ' Honour a physician with the honour due unto him ; for the uses which you may have of him , for the Lord hath created ...
... commonly called Ecclesiasticus , which , in the thirty - eighth chapter , and the first verse , hath these words : ' Honour a physician with the honour due unto him ; for the uses which you may have of him , for the Lord hath created ...
Page xxxi
... commonly repents . There is a time , when every wise man is weary of raising difficulties only to task himself with the solution , and desires to enjoy truth without the labour or hazard of contest . There is , perhaps , no better ...
... commonly repents . There is a time , when every wise man is weary of raising difficulties only to task himself with the solution , and desires to enjoy truth without the labour or hazard of contest . There is , perhaps , no better ...
Page xlvi
... commonly called Dr. How ; who , after having served as a captain in King Charles the First's cavalry , took up his residence in London , first in Lawrence Lane , then in Milk Street , as a physician , though he does not seem to have ...
... commonly called Dr. How ; who , after having served as a captain in King Charles the First's cavalry , took up his residence in London , first in Lawrence Lane , then in Milk Street , as a physician , though he does not seem to have ...
Page lxix
... COMMONLY PRESUMED TRUTHS , WHICH EXAMINED PROVE BUT VULGAR AND COMMON ERRORS . NINTH EDITION . WITH ADDITIONS FROM MSS . IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM , AND NOTES BY DEAN WREN , E. W. BRAYLEY , JUN . F.L.S. , AND OTHERS . ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ...
... COMMONLY PRESUMED TRUTHS , WHICH EXAMINED PROVE BUT VULGAR AND COMMON ERRORS . NINTH EDITION . WITH ADDITIONS FROM MSS . IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM , AND NOTES BY DEAN WREN , E. W. BRAYLEY , JUN . F.L.S. , AND OTHERS . ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 31 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.