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Page vii
... Avis aux RR . PP . Jésuites , du 2me Mai , l'an 1685 - this is conclu- sive against our author's claims , who died three years before . the letters indeed contained incidents which determined the year , PREFACE . vii.
... Avis aux RR . PP . Jésuites , du 2me Mai , l'an 1685 - this is conclu- sive against our author's claims , who died three years before . the letters indeed contained incidents which determined the year , PREFACE . vii.
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sir Thomas Browne Simon Wilkin. the letters indeed contained incidents which determined the year , and in a few the day of the week was mentioned , but in the great majority I was compelled to judge by the connection of their subjects ...
sir Thomas Browne Simon Wilkin. the letters indeed contained incidents which determined the year , and in a few the day of the week was mentioned , but in the great majority I was compelled to judge by the connection of their subjects ...
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... determined . All the information that diligence or learning could supply , consists in an enumeration of the fishes produced in the waters of Judea . Then follow " answers to certain queries about fishes , birds , and insects ; " and ...
... determined . All the information that diligence or learning could supply , consists in an enumeration of the fishes produced in the waters of Judea . Then follow " answers to certain queries about fishes , birds , and insects ; " and ...
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... the earth . ” In the next , he answers two geographical questions ; one con- cerning Troas , mentioned in the Acts and Epistles of St. Paul , • which he determines to be the city built near xxii DR . JOHNSON'S LIFE OF.
... the earth . ” In the next , he answers two geographical questions ; one con- cerning Troas , mentioned in the Acts and Epistles of St. Paul , • which he determines to be the city built near xxii DR . JOHNSON'S LIFE OF.
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sir Thomas Browne Simon Wilkin. • which he determines to be the city built near the ancient Ilium ; and the other concerning the Dead Sea , of which he gives the same account with other writers . Another letter treats " of the answers of ...
sir Thomas Browne Simon Wilkin. • which he determines to be the city built near the ancient Ilium ; and the other concerning the Dead Sea , of which he gives the same account with other writers . Another letter treats " of the answers of ...
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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.