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... strongly congealed . 94 Chap . 2. Concerning the loadstone ; of things particularly spoken thereof , evidently or probably true VOL . I. a 112 888 02 8 72 75 • 86 26 33 39 51 Chap . 3. Concerning the loadstone ; a rejection of.
... strongly congealed . 94 Chap . 2. Concerning the loadstone ; of things particularly spoken thereof , evidently or probably true VOL . I. a 112 888 02 8 72 75 • 86 26 33 39 51 Chap . 3. Concerning the loadstone ; a rejection of.
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... probably intended to make a complete collection , and either to publish , or leave them for pub- lication in a revised form ; for he has informed us himself that he had " some miscellaneous tracts which might be published . " The ...
... probably intended to make a complete collection , and either to publish , or leave them for pub- lication in a revised form ; for he has informed us himself that he had " some miscellaneous tracts which might be published . " The ...
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... probably a corruption of the translation of St. Michael ad Bladum , or " at the Corn : " the church having been originally erected , about the reign of Edward III . , on the site of a corn market . The church was taken down and rebuilt ...
... probably a corruption of the translation of St. Michael ad Bladum , or " at the Corn : " the church having been originally erected , about the reign of Edward III . , on the site of a corn market . The church was taken down and rebuilt ...
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... probably by the inducement of her fortune ; and he was left to the rapacity of his guardian , deprived now of both his parents , and therefore helpless and unpro- tected . He was removed in the beginning of the year 1623 from Win ...
... probably by the inducement of her fortune ; and he was left to the rapacity of his guardian , deprived now of both his parents , and therefore helpless and unpro- tected . He was removed in the beginning of the year 1623 from Win ...
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... probably . § Biographia Britannica . 1 When he began , & c . ] It was between 1630 and 1633 . m Religio Medici . ] Dr. Kippis deems himself to have proved , in his note B , p . 628 , that Religio Medici was written in 1635. His argument ...
... probably . § Biographia Britannica . 1 When he began , & c . ] It was between 1630 and 1633 . m Religio Medici . ] Dr. Kippis deems himself to have proved , in his note B , p . 628 , that Religio Medici was written in 1635. His argument ...
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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.