Reflections Physical and Moral, Upon the Various and Numerous Uncommon Phenomena in the Air, Water, Or Earth, which Have Happened from the Earthquake at Lima, to the Present Time: In a Series of Familiar Letters from a Member of Parliament in Town to His Friend in the CountryA. Millar, 1756 - 60 pages |
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... Force of the most abftract and fubtile Reafonings . These have appear'd in a Kind of Succeffion , juft as the later Philofophers thought they faw much clearer into the Nature of Things , and confe- quently fancied themselves much wifer ...
... Force of the most abftract and fubtile Reafonings . These have appear'd in a Kind of Succeffion , juft as the later Philofophers thought they faw much clearer into the Nature of Things , and confe- quently fancied themselves much wifer ...
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... many more Paffages to fhew the mighty expanfive and compreffive Force of the Æthers or Heavens ; but as it would at this Time be foreign to my Purpofe , I fhall only B only take a very fhort View of the State of [ 22 ]
... many more Paffages to fhew the mighty expanfive and compreffive Force of the Æthers or Heavens ; but as it would at this Time be foreign to my Purpofe , I fhall only B only take a very fhort View of the State of [ 22 ]
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... Force : " That there were Giants in thofe Days , Men who knew no Law but their own Will , and were the Leaders in those inhuman Scenes of Blood and Rapine . These lawless Men are call'd in the Hebrew , Nephelim , Emim , Rephaim , and ...
... Force : " That there were Giants in thofe Days , Men who knew no Law but their own Will , and were the Leaders in those inhuman Scenes of Blood and Rapine . These lawless Men are call'd in the Hebrew , Nephelim , Emim , Rephaim , and ...
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... Force of the fame Paffion in different Perfons feem to depend upon the Temperament of the Blood ? If one Paffion may be heightened by fome kinds of Food , and lower'd by others , which may be prov'd by by Experiment , why may not Blood ...
... Force of the fame Paffion in different Perfons feem to depend upon the Temperament of the Blood ? If one Paffion may be heightened by fome kinds of Food , and lower'd by others , which may be prov'd by by Experiment , why may not Blood ...
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... Force may be greatly di- minished when prepar'd by Fire ) have the like Effect in inflaming fome other Paffion by fome latent inherent Quality , to whofe Mode of Ope- ration we are , and ever must be abfolute Stran- gers ? Now that it ...
... Force may be greatly di- minished when prepar'd by Fire ) have the like Effect in inflaming fome other Paffion by fome latent inherent Quality , to whofe Mode of Ope- ration we are , and ever must be abfolute Stran- gers ? Now that it ...
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abfolute Adamah Æther affign'd againſt almoſt alſo Animals arifing Atoms or Particles becauſe beſt Blood call'd Cauſe commanded Commotions compleated confequently confifted conftantly Creatures Crime Darkneſs Deep deſcribed Divine dreadful Earth Earthquake employ'd facred Writings fame feems felves fhall fhould Fiffures fill'd final Doom fince Fire firft firſt Fluid fmall fome fometimes Food form'd Formation ftill ftrongly fuch Hebrew Hebrew Language Hiſtory Idolatry immenfe inferior Agents Inftance juft juſt Kind laft laſt leaſt Light Lisbon Mankind Maſs Meaſure Mofaic Mofes moft Moral Caufe moſt muft muſt Nations Nature niſhing Number obferv'd obferve Occafion Paffages Paffion Perfons Philofophy phyfical plainly poffibly Power Precept prefent produc'd proper Puniſhment Purpoſe quake quently Reafon receiv'd REFLECTIONS PHYSICAL refpective reft Religion Reſearches Ruabb Ruabh Ruahh ſeems Senfe ſhall Sodom Spirit Strata Tebom terrible thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Univerſe us'd Uſe vaft Vapours various Waters whilft whofe whole Worship
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Page 38 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Page 38 - For the life or soul of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given.it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 50 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourfelves, (for ye faw no manner of fimilitude on the day that the Lord fpake unto you in Horeb out of the midft of the fire,} Left ye corrupt yourfelves, and make you a graven image, the fimilitude of any figure, the likenefs of male or female...
Page 47 - Tortures, which the Wit or Malice of their diabolical Tormentors could invent, are they not...
Page 26 - God fays, 1, even I do bring a Flood cf Waters upon the Earth to deftroy all FUJh.
Page 47 - And were not thofe infernal Sacrifices always attended with the whole Parade of Ceremonies generally us'd in the...