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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... frequently interfered in the Disputes between the Followers of Des Cartes and Newton , as each was jealous of the Honour of his refpective Country . Theories have been fram'd , and new ones are continually framing in different Branches ...
... frequently interfered in the Disputes between the Followers of Des Cartes and Newton , as each was jealous of the Honour of his refpective Country . Theories have been fram'd , and new ones are continually framing in different Branches ...
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... frequently do we find them at the utmost Variance ? SOME Philofophers , not able to make the Mo- faic Writings fquare with fome particular Notions , or fome favourite Hypothefis , are too apt not only to call their Veracity in question ...
... frequently do we find them at the utmost Variance ? SOME Philofophers , not able to make the Mo- faic Writings fquare with fome particular Notions , or fome favourite Hypothefis , are too apt not only to call their Veracity in question ...
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... frequently bears the Name of the Thing typify'd ; hence eve- ry Being which is invisible , and seems to act with Power , is call'd Ruahh , Spirit ; as , for Inftance , immaterial Beings , fuch as Angels , the Mind , the Soul of Man , or ...
... frequently bears the Name of the Thing typify'd ; hence eve- ry Being which is invisible , and seems to act with Power , is call'd Ruahh , Spirit ; as , for Inftance , immaterial Beings , fuch as Angels , the Mind , the Soul of Man , or ...
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... frequently given to those pow- erful Murderers and Robbers of Mankind , whofe Names are recorded in prophane History , and seem to have acted upon the fame Principles with their antediluvian Predeceffors ; but in Re- ality is a Title ...
... frequently given to those pow- erful Murderers and Robbers of Mankind , whofe Names are recorded in prophane History , and seem to have acted upon the fame Principles with their antediluvian Predeceffors ; but in Re- ality is a Title ...
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... Polecats , Ferrets , Weafels , & c . are frequently found bit or torn on one Side of the Neck , and the Blood only fuck'd out , whilft the Flesh of the Bird was left untouch'd . Of 1 Of the largest Kind of these ferocious Animals , I [ 40 ]
... Polecats , Ferrets , Weafels , & c . are frequently found bit or torn on one Side of the Neck , and the Blood only fuck'd out , whilft the Flesh of the Bird was left untouch'd . Of 1 Of the largest Kind of these ferocious Animals , I [ 40 ]
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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...