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Page xxxvii
... observed without recording . And , although ( as Johnson has remarked ) " he traversed no unknown seas or Arabian deserts , " Browne was not the man to have visited even 66 France and Italy , or resided at Montpellier and Padua ...
... observed without recording . And , although ( as Johnson has remarked ) " he traversed no unknown seas or Arabian deserts , " Browne was not the man to have visited even 66 France and Italy , or resided at Montpellier and Padua ...
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... observed to flow from many , we shall , within few years , be fain to learn Latin to understand English , and a work will prove of equal facility in either . Nor have we ad- dressed our pen or style unto the people , ( whom books do not ...
... observed to flow from many , we shall , within few years , be fain to learn Latin to understand English , and a work will prove of equal facility in either . Nor have we ad- dressed our pen or style unto the people , ( whom books do not ...
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... observed by the way , as a fact not generally known , that many curious papers and MSS . of this singular writer , throwing great light on that period of his life which he passed in England , may be found in the British Museum . - J . C ...
... observed by the way , as a fact not generally known , that many curious papers and MSS . of this singular writer , throwing great light on that period of his life which he passed in England , may be found in the British Museum . - J . C ...
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... observed ) in the relations of Scripture before the flood , there is but one speech delivered by man , wherein there is not an erroneous conception ; and , strictly examined , most heinously injurious unto truth . The pen of Moses is ...
... observed ) in the relations of Scripture before the flood , there is but one speech delivered by man , wherein there is not an erroneous conception ; and , strictly examined , most heinously injurious unto truth . The pen of Moses is ...
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... observed and recorded by the Greek writers , who , when travelling in Egypt , bestowed on that animal called temsah ... observations , states , that " in the city of Arsinoë , which was formerly called Crocodilopolis , ( in Upper Egypt ...
... observed and recorded by the Greek writers , who , when travelling in Egypt , bestowed on that animal called temsah ... observations , states , that " in the city of Arsinoë , which was formerly called Crocodilopolis , ( in Upper Egypt ...
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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.