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Page v
... seems to have been left in readiness for the press . Of his lesser pieces he had 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 ...
... seems to have been left in readiness for the press . Of his lesser pieces he had 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 ...
Page ix
... seems to have had the fortune common among men of letters , of raising little curiosity after his private life , and has , therefore , few memorials preserved of his felicities or misfortunes ; yet , because an edition of a posthumous ...
... seems to have had the fortune common among men of letters , of raising little curiosity after his private life , and has , therefore , few memorials preserved of his felicities or misfortunes ; yet , because an edition of a posthumous ...
Page xvii
... seems not very easy to admit new positions ; for he never mentions the motion of the earth but with contempt and ridicule , though the opinion , which admits it , was then growing popular , and a This book , & c . ] See Preface to ...
... seems not very easy to admit new positions ; for he never mentions the motion of the earth but with contempt and ridicule , though the opinion , which admits it , was then growing popular , and a This book , & c . ] See Preface to ...
Page xviii
... seems to have been occasionally written ; and for which , therefore , no materials could have been pre- viously collected . It is , indeed , like other treatises of antiquity , rather for curiosity than use ; for it is of small ...
... seems to have been occasionally written ; and for which , therefore , no materials could have been pre- viously collected . It is , indeed , like other treatises of antiquity , rather for curiosity than use ; for it is of small ...
Page xix
... seems progressional , and otherwise made in vain without this accomplishment , the natural expectation and desire of such a state , were but a fallacy in nature ; unsatisfied considerators would quarrel the justice of their constitution ...
... seems progressional , and otherwise made in vain without this accomplishment , the natural expectation and desire of such a state , were but a fallacy in nature ; unsatisfied considerators would quarrel the justice of their constitution ...
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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.