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Page i
... concerning mineral and vegetable bodies . Chap . 1. That crystal is nothing else but ice strongly congealed . 94 Chap . 2. Concerning the loadstone ; of things particularly spoken thereof , evidently or probably true VOL . I. a 112 888 ...
... concerning mineral and vegetable bodies . Chap . 1. That crystal is nothing else but ice strongly congealed . 94 Chap . 2. Concerning the loadstone ; of things particularly spoken thereof , evidently or probably true VOL . I. a 112 888 ...
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... concerning vegetables or plants , which , examined , prove either false or dubious . Of man- drakes ; that cinnamon , ginger , cloves , mace , are but the parts or fruits of the same tree ; that miseltoe is bred upon trees , from seeds ...
... concerning vegetables or plants , which , examined , prove either false or dubious . Of man- drakes ; that cinnamon , ginger , cloves , mace , are but the parts or fruits of the same tree ; that miseltoe is bred upon trees , from seeds ...
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... Concerning the common course of our diet , in making choice of some animals and abstaining from eating others • Chap . 26. Of the spermaceti whale . Chap . 27. Compendiously , of the musical note of swans before their death ; that the ...
... Concerning the common course of our diet , in making choice of some animals and abstaining from eating others • Chap . 26. Of the spermaceti whale . Chap . 27. Compendiously , of the musical note of swans before their death ; that the ...
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... concerning the Dead Sea , of which he gives the same account with other writers . Another letter treats " of the answers of the oracle of Apollo at Delphos , to Croesus king of Lydia . " In this tract nothing deserves notice , more than ...
... concerning the Dead Sea , of which he gives the same account with other writers . Another letter treats " of the answers of the oracle of Apollo at Delphos , to Croesus king of Lydia . " In this tract nothing deserves notice , more than ...
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sir Thomas Browne Simon Wilkin. concerning his practice , it is safest to trust the evidence of others . Where these testimonies concur , no higher degree of historical certainty can be obtained ; and they apparently concur to prove ...
sir Thomas Browne Simon Wilkin. concerning his practice , it is safest to trust the evidence of others . Where these testimonies concur , no higher degree of historical certainty can be obtained ; and they apparently concur to prove ...
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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.