A Tale of a Tub: With, The Battle of the Books; And, The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, 1710Scolar Press, 1971 - 344 pages |
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Page 101
... Brain . A third Invention , was the Erecting of a Whispering - Office , for the Publick Good and Eafe of all fuch as are Hypochondria- obferving Peters Prefcription would void fenfibly by Perfpiration afcending thro ' the Brain , & c ...
... Brain . A third Invention , was the Erecting of a Whispering - Office , for the Publick Good and Eafe of all fuch as are Hypochondria- obferving Peters Prefcription would void fenfibly by Perfpiration afcending thro ' the Brain , & c ...
Page 184
... Brain , by Force of certain Vapours iffuing up from the lower Facul- tics ; Then has this Madness been the Pa- rent of all those mighty Revolutions , that have happened in Empire , in Philosophy , and in Religion . For , the Brain , in ...
... Brain , by Force of certain Vapours iffuing up from the lower Facul- tics ; Then has this Madness been the Pa- rent of all those mighty Revolutions , that have happened in Empire , in Philosophy , and in Religion . For , the Brain , in ...
Page 190
... Brain : Now , it u fually happens , that thefe active Spirits , getting Poffeffion of the Brain , resemble thofe that haunt other wafte and empty Dwellings , which for want of Business , ei- ther vanish , and carry away a Piece of the ...
... Brain : Now , it u fually happens , that thefe active Spirits , getting Poffeffion of the Brain , resemble thofe that haunt other wafte and empty Dwellings , which for want of Business , ei- ther vanish , and carry away a Piece of the ...
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