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... supposed the soul conveyed to its place of destination by spirits . Plat . Dial . Oxf . ed . 2 , 8vo . p . 287 . Whitby's Paraph . V. 1 , pp . 381 , 399- ' + Used , if we mistake not , by the common people , in some parts of England ...
... supposed the soul conveyed to its place of destination by spirits . Plat . Dial . Oxf . ed . 2 , 8vo . p . 287 . Whitby's Paraph . V. 1 , pp . 381 , 399- ' + Used , if we mistake not , by the common people , in some parts of England ...
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... supposed improvements of his system by some writers be not ignorant perversions , and the objec- tions made to the whole of it by others be not senseless cavils . It was formerly observed that every proposition , affirming or denying ...
... supposed improvements of his system by some writers be not ignorant perversions , and the objec- tions made to the whole of it by others be not senseless cavils . It was formerly observed that every proposition , affirming or denying ...
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... supposed to be founded ; and it may be determined , whether the stars that are inserted in this catalogue were actually observed by Mr. Flamsteed or not , and likewise what stars , that were either partially or completely observed ...
... supposed to be founded ; and it may be determined , whether the stars that are inserted in this catalogue were actually observed by Mr. Flamsteed or not , and likewise what stars , that were either partially or completely observed ...
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... supposed to be let loose in great abundance during the combustion or deflagration of the powder : but it is not only dangerous to ad- mit the action of an agent whose existence is not yet clearly de- monstrated ; but it appears to me ...
... supposed to be let loose in great abundance during the combustion or deflagration of the powder : but it is not only dangerous to ad- mit the action of an agent whose existence is not yet clearly de- monstrated ; but it appears to me ...
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... supposed equal to 1000 ° of Fahrenheit's scale : -but the elastic force of steam is just equal to the mean pressure of the atmosphere , when its temperature is equal to that of boiling water , or to 2 ; 2 ° of Fahrenheit's thermometer ...
... supposed equal to 1000 ° of Fahrenheit's scale : -but the elastic force of steam is just equal to the mean pressure of the atmosphere , when its temperature is equal to that of boiling water , or to 2 ; 2 ° of Fahrenheit's thermometer ...
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Page 391 - So pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th...
Page 70 - A little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on; For yonder bank hath choice of sun or shade, There I am wont to sit, when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toil, Daily...
Page 419 - It is hardly necessary to add that anything which any insulated body, or system of bodies, can continue to furnish without limitation, cannot possibly be a material substance; and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated in the manner the Heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be MOTION.
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Page 389 - He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires, but in his amorous verses, where nature only should reign; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when he should engage their hearts, and entertain them with the softnesses of love.
Page 153 - Accordingly, no geometrical proposition, as, for instance, that any two sides of a triangle are greater than the third side, can ever be derived from the general conceptions of line and triangle, but only from perception.
Page 407 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...
Page 287 - ... and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
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Page 124 - Learn from yon orient shell to love thy foe, And store with pearls the hand that brings thee woe : Free, like yon rock, from base vindictive pride, Emblaze with gems the wrist that rends thy side : Mark where yon tree rewards the stony shower With fruit nectareous, or the balmy flower : All Nature calls aloud — " Shall man do less Than heal the smiter, and the railer bless ?