Origines Sacrae Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Revealed Religion: To which is Added Part of Another Book Upon the Same Subject, Left Unfinished by the Author : Together with a Letter to a Deist, Volume 2University Press, 1836 - 542 pages |
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Page 54
... earth will , on supposition of such a vacuity , be dis- solved into its first particles , which will all mutiny in the several bodies wherein they are , and never rest till they come to that empty space , where they may again rendezvous ...
... earth will , on supposition of such a vacuity , be dis- solved into its first particles , which will all mutiny in the several bodies wherein they are , and never rest till they come to that empty space , where they may again rendezvous ...
Page 55
... earth ) from overflowing it ; which should furnish the earth with such seminal and prolific principles , as to provide food and nourishment for those animals which live upon it , and furnish out every thing necessary for the comfort and ...
... earth ) from overflowing it ; which should furnish the earth with such seminal and prolific principles , as to provide food and nourishment for those animals which live upon it , and furnish out every thing necessary for the comfort and ...
Page 56
... earth at last cast forth some kind of bags like wombs upon the surface of the earth , and these by degrees breaking , at last came out children , which were nou- rished by a kind of juice of the earth like milk , by which they were ...
... earth at last cast forth some kind of bags like wombs upon the surface of the earth , and these by degrees breaking , at last came out children , which were nou- rished by a kind of juice of the earth like milk , by which they were ...
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... earth , we believe , because we have reason so to do ; but that the earth should cast forth such folliculi , as he expresseth it , and that men should be brought up in such a way as he describes , deserves a place among the most ...
... earth , we believe , because we have reason so to do ; but that the earth should cast forth such folliculi , as he expresseth it , and that men should be brought up in such a way as he describes , deserves a place among the most ...
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... earth , and planets , and comets ; and from all of them , by the help of those common affections of matter , size , figure , motion , & c . he undertakes to give an account of the phenomena of the world . How far his principles do ...
... earth , and planets , and comets ; and from all of them , by the help of those common affections of matter , size , figure , motion , & c . he undertakes to give an account of the phenomena of the world . How far his principles do ...
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