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Page xviii
... substances found in his Norfolcian urns . There is , perhaps , none of his works which better exemplifies his reading or memory . It is scarcely to be imagined , how many particulars he has amassed together , in a treatise which seems ...
... substances found in his Norfolcian urns . There is , perhaps , none of his works which better exemplifies his reading or memory . It is scarcely to be imagined , how many particulars he has amassed together , in a treatise which seems ...
Page xlviii
... substance , called by the French chemists adipo- cire , and which M. Du Petit Thouars , the writer of the article Browne , in the Biographie Universelle , thus mentions : -On y trouve , entre autres , la première observation sur la ...
... substance , called by the French chemists adipo- cire , and which M. Du Petit Thouars , the writer of the article Browne , in the Biographie Universelle , thus mentions : -On y trouve , entre autres , la première observation sur la ...
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... substance the better for what you shall conferr towards this ; and we shall pray that he may , & c . & c . " • The following is the story adverted to : - " Being in the society of many persons of quality I had this remarkable following ...
... substance the better for what you shall conferr towards this ; and we shall pray that he may , & c . & c . " • The following is the story adverted to : - " Being in the society of many persons of quality I had this remarkable following ...
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... substances in general , yet not in all moisture , " but in that which is cold . " He adds , imme- diately , which proves this view of the subject to be the true one , " hence they are liquefied by water , and by aqueous fluids in ...
... substances in general , yet not in all moisture , " but in that which is cold . " He adds , imme- diately , which proves this view of the subject to be the true one , " hence they are liquefied by water , and by aqueous fluids in ...
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... substance , he cunningly confounds its apprehensions — that from the inconsistent and contrary determinations thereof , consectary impieties and hopeful conclusions may arise , there's no such thing at all . CHAPTER XI . A further ...
... substance , he cunningly confounds its apprehensions — that from the inconsistent and contrary determinations thereof , consectary impieties and hopeful conclusions may arise , there's no such thing at all . CHAPTER XI . A further ...
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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.