The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins ...: To which is Prefixed the Author's Life and an Account of His Works, Volume 1C. Whittingham, 1802 |
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Pagina xvii
... , if it be granted ( as I think it must ) then I doubt not , but the indifferent reader will find some satisfaction in the main thing that is to be proved . * B Many ancient philosophers of the better note have for- merly.
... , if it be granted ( as I think it must ) then I doubt not , but the indifferent reader will find some satisfaction in the main thing that is to be proved . * B Many ancient philosophers of the better note have for- merly.
Pagina xviii
... philosophers of the better note have for- merly defended this assertion which I have here laid down ; and it were to be wished , that some of us would more apply our endeavours unto the examination of these old opinions ; which , though ...
... philosophers of the better note have for- merly defended this assertion which I have here laid down ; and it were to be wished , that some of us would more apply our endeavours unto the examination of these old opinions ; which , though ...
Pagina 4
... philosopher , and this his opinion , saith thus : Nonnulli ne nihil scisse videantur , aliqua nova monstra in philosophiam introducunt , ut alicujus rei inventores fuisse appareant . " Some there " are who lest they might seem to know ...
... philosopher , and this his opinion , saith thus : Nonnulli ne nihil scisse videantur , aliqua nova monstra in philosophiam introducunt , ut alicujus rei inventores fuisse appareant . " Some there " are who lest they might seem to know ...
Pagina 6
... philosophers have made the fields and " seas , the cities and mountains hanging ? " What shall we think ( saith he in Plut . ) that men do cling to that place like worms , or hang by their claws as cats ? or if we sup- pose a man a ...
... philosophers have made the fields and " seas , the cities and mountains hanging ? " What shall we think ( saith he in Plut . ) that men do cling to that place like worms , or hang by their claws as cats ? or if we sup- pose a man a ...
Pagina 11
... philosopher should be educated in such a secret place , where he might not see either sea or river , and afterwards should be brought out where one might shew him the great ocean , telling him the quality of that water , that it is ...
... philosopher should be educated in such a secret place , where he might not see either sea or river , and afterwards should be brought out where one might shew him the great ocean , telling him the quality of that water , that it is ...
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Pagina 167 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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Pagina 177 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Pagina 172 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Pagina 141 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : But now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Pagina 121 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life...
Pagina 177 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Pagina 127 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Pagina 168 - If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
Pagina 109 - That it is possible for some of our posterity to find out a conveyance to this other world, and if there be inhabitants there, to have commerce with them.