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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... certainly to awaken our Attention . NOR fhall I confine myself to the Subject of Earthquakes only . The numerous and uncom- mon luminous Appearances , whether as Meteors , or as Refemblances of what we term the Aurora Borealis , which ...
... certainly to awaken our Attention . NOR fhall I confine myself to the Subject of Earthquakes only . The numerous and uncom- mon luminous Appearances , whether as Meteors , or as Refemblances of what we term the Aurora Borealis , which ...
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... certainly merit our Regard ; as they all evidently proceed from the fame Caufe , and all feem plainly to point to the fame End . OUR Philofophers have taken infinite Pains to find out what they call the Natural Causes of these Phenomena ...
... certainly merit our Regard ; as they all evidently proceed from the fame Caufe , and all feem plainly to point to the fame End . OUR Philofophers have taken infinite Pains to find out what they call the Natural Causes of these Phenomena ...
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... certainly wor- thy of the only true God to affert his own Right , and reclaim thofe Powers which they had fo falfe- ly attributed to his Creatures . To answer this great End , Mofes was commiffion'd to write his History , which is ...
... certainly wor- thy of the only true God to affert his own Right , and reclaim thofe Powers which they had fo falfe- ly attributed to his Creatures . To answer this great End , Mofes was commiffion'd to write his History , which is ...
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... certainly pu nished with the utmost Severity ; and it is enu- merated by the Prophets among the various other Crimes , for which they were at last swept away into Captivity by the Chaldeans . Whether the total Difregard of this Precept ...
... certainly pu nished with the utmost Severity ; and it is enu- merated by the Prophets among the various other Crimes , for which they were at last swept away into Captivity by the Chaldeans . Whether the total Difregard of this Precept ...
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... certainly , and how feverely this terrible Decree was put in execution , fince there is fcarce any thing now left befides the bare Memory , of all those powerful Nations , whofe final Doom God denounced by His Prophets for their ...
... certainly , and how feverely this terrible Decree was put in execution , fince there is fcarce any thing now left befides the bare Memory , of all those powerful Nations , whofe final Doom God denounced by His Prophets for their ...
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