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 xi
... wherein it consists ; and how far it is attainable by Industry , & c . London , 1653 , and 1674 , octavo . 9. Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Re- ligion . Two books . London , 1675 , octavo . Pub- lished by John Tillotson ...
... wherein it consists ; and how far it is attainable by Industry , & c . London , 1653 , and 1674 , octavo . 9. Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Re- ligion . Two books . London , 1675 , octavo . Pub- lished by John Tillotson ...
Pagina xii
... wherein all English Words , according to their various Signi- fications , are either referred to their Places in the Philosophical Tables , or explained by such Words . as are in those Tables . This is printed with the Essay . CONTENTS ...
... wherein all English Words , according to their various Signi- fications , are either referred to their Places in the Philosophical Tables , or explained by such Words . as are in those Tables . This is printed with the Essay . CONTENTS ...
Pagina 9
... wherein she was involved , that so she might bring away the souls of those saints that inhabit within her , which cry out by reason they are then deprived of their wonted hap- piness , and cannot hear the music of the spheres ; but are ...
... wherein she was involved , that so she might bring away the souls of those saints that inhabit within her , which cry out by reason they are then deprived of their wonted hap- piness , and cannot hear the music of the spheres ; but are ...
Pagina 10
... wherein he shewed the absurdity of that foolish superstition . I remember that Ludovicus Vives relates a more ridiculous story of a people that imprisoned an ass for drinking up the moon , whose image appearing in the water , was ...
... wherein he shewed the absurdity of that foolish superstition . I remember that Ludovicus Vives relates a more ridiculous story of a people that imprisoned an ass for drinking up the moon , whose image appearing in the water , was ...
Pagina 28
... wherein it is . But now this would be such an inconvenience , as would quite subvert the grounds and whole art of astronomy , and therefore is by no means to be admitted . * Isa . li . 1. 6. Ant . lect . 1. 1. c . 4 . Hist . nat . 1. 2 ...
... wherein it is . But now this would be such an inconvenience , as would quite subvert the grounds and whole art of astronomy , and therefore is by no means to be admitted . * Isa . li . 1. 6. Ant . lect . 1. 1. c . 4 . Hist . nat . 1. 2 ...
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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.
Pagina 154 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
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.