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... received tenets 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 ...
... received tenets 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 ...
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... received tenets concerning animals . · PAGE 133 157 166 192 210 Of popular and Chap . 1 . That an elephant hath no joints , & c . 220 · Chap . 2 . That the horse hath no gall 232 Chap . 3 . That a pigeon hath no gall 235 Chap . 4 . That ...
... received tenets concerning animals . · PAGE 133 157 166 192 210 Of popular and Chap . 1 . That an elephant hath no joints , & c . 220 · Chap . 2 . That the horse hath no gall 232 Chap . 3 . That a pigeon hath no gall 235 Chap . 4 . That ...
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... received tenets concerning man . 346 353 357 373 Chap . 1 . That only man hath an erect figure • 379 Chap . 2 . That the heart is on the left side 383 • Chap . 3 . That pleurisies are only on the left side 385 • Chap . 4 . Of the ring ...
... received tenets concerning man . 346 353 357 373 Chap . 1 . That only man hath an erect figure • 379 Chap . 2 . That the heart is on the left side 383 • Chap . 3 . That pleurisies are only on the left side 385 • Chap . 4 . Of the ring ...
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... received an answer equally gentle and respectful , containing high commendations of the piece , pompous professions of reve- rence , meek acknowledgments of inability , and anxious apologies for the hastiness of his remarks . The ...
... received an answer equally gentle and respectful , containing high commendations of the piece , pompous professions of reve- rence , meek acknowledgments of inability , and anxious apologies for the hastiness of his remarks . The ...
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... received by Hackius . The peculiarities of this book raised the author , as is usual , many admirers and many enemies ; but we know not of more than one professed answer , " written under the title of Medicus Medicatus , t by Alexander ...
... received by Hackius . The peculiarities of this book raised the author , as is usual , many admirers and many enemies ; but we know not of more than one professed answer , " written under the title of Medicus Medicatus , t by Alexander ...
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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.