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... See Robert H. Hopkins , The True Genius of Oliver Goldsmith ( Baltimore , 1969 ) , pp . 174-5 . Gold- smith also knows Whiston's cosmologi- cal work and accurately summarizes Whiston's theory of the formation of the earth . Goldsmith ...
... See Robert H. Hopkins , The True Genius of Oliver Goldsmith ( Baltimore , 1969 ) , pp . 174-5 . Gold- smith also knows Whiston's cosmologi- cal work and accurately summarizes Whiston's theory of the formation of the earth . Goldsmith ...
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... See , for example , Robert H. Hurlbutt , Hume , Newton , and the Design Argument ( Lincoln , Nebraska , 1965 ) , p . 58 ; Louis Trenchard More , Isaac Newton , A Biography ( New York , 1934 ) , p . 375 ; Henry Guerlac and M. C. Jacob ...
... See , for example , Robert H. Hurlbutt , Hume , Newton , and the Design Argument ( Lincoln , Nebraska , 1965 ) , p . 58 ; Louis Trenchard More , Isaac Newton , A Biography ( New York , 1934 ) , p . 375 ; Henry Guerlac and M. C. Jacob ...
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... See Isaac Newton , Opticks ( London , 1730 ) , p . 402. This text is from Query 23 in the 1706 Latin Optice which becomes Query 31 in the 1718 trans- lation and in successive editions . lieves God fulfills by preventing the inward ...
... See Isaac Newton , Opticks ( London , 1730 ) , p . 402. This text is from Query 23 in the 1706 Latin Optice which becomes Query 31 in the 1718 trans- lation and in successive editions . lieves God fulfills by preventing the inward ...
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... this beautiful System would fall to Pieces , and dissolve into Atoms . 22 ) 21 ) 22 ) Whiston , Astronomical Principles , pp . 88-89 . Ibid . , p . 111. See also p . 82 . b . Synthesizing " Religion , Natural and Reveal'd " 30.
... this beautiful System would fall to Pieces , and dissolve into Atoms . 22 ) 21 ) 22 ) Whiston , Astronomical Principles , pp . 88-89 . Ibid . , p . 111. See also p . 82 . b . Synthesizing " Religion , Natural and Reveal'd " 30.
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... seeing had one been present to witness the changes transpiring on the face of the earth . As such , the hexameron is a true " Historical Relation " . But it is not a " Nice and Philosophick Account " of the sort which would satis- fy a ...
... seeing had one been present to witness the changes transpiring on the face of the earth . As such , the hexameron is a true " Historical Relation " . But it is not a " Nice and Philosophick Account " of the sort which would satis- fy a ...
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Page 158 - 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.
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Page 164 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
Page 159 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
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