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Page iii
... eyes 316 Chap . 20. That snails have no eyes 318 Chap . 21. That the chameleon lives only upon air 321 Chap . 22. That the ostrich digesteth iron 334 • 337 Chap . 23. Of the unicorn's horn . Chap . 24. That all animals of the land are ...
... eyes 316 Chap . 20. That snails have no eyes 318 Chap . 21. That the chameleon lives only upon air 321 Chap . 22. That the ostrich digesteth iron 334 • 337 Chap . 23. Of the unicorn's horn . Chap . 24. That all animals of the land are ...
Page xvi
... eye diminished ; and , therefore , was not long before he trusted his name to the criticks a second time for in 1646 he printed Enquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors ; a work , which as it arose not from fancy and invention , but from ...
... eye diminished ; and , therefore , was not long before he trusted his name to the criticks a second time for in 1646 he printed Enquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors ; a work , which as it arose not from fancy and invention , but from ...
Page xix
... eyes by standing in comparison with his subject , to which he can hope to add nothing from his imagina- tion : but it is a perpetual triumph of fancy to expand a scanty theme , to raise glittering ideas from obscure properties , and to ...
... eyes by standing in comparison with his subject , to which he can hope to add nothing from his imagina- tion : but it is a perpetual triumph of fancy to expand a scanty theme , to raise glittering ideas from obscure properties , and to ...
Page lviii
... eyes of Charles . In perilous times , Dr. Browne had steadily adhered to the royal cause . He was one of the 432 principal citizens who , in 1643 , refused to subscribe towards a fund for regaining the town of Newcastle . Charles was ...
... eyes of Charles . In perilous times , Dr. Browne had steadily adhered to the royal cause . He was one of the 432 principal citizens who , in 1643 , refused to subscribe towards a fund for regaining the town of Newcastle . Charles was ...
Page lxiii
... eyes and ears were the sad witnesses under the authority and presence of Linsey , Tofts the sheriffe , and Greenwood ; Lord , what work was here , what clattering of glasses , what beating down of walls , what tearing up of monuments ...
... eyes and ears were the sad witnesses under the authority and presence of Linsey , Tofts the sheriffe , and Greenwood ; Lord , what work was here , what clattering of glasses , what beating down of walls , what tearing up of monuments ...
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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.