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Page 42
... force of all that hath been said , and to screen false principles and inconsistent reasonings , by a general pretence that these objections and remarks are metaphysical . But this is a vain pretence . For the plain sense and truth of ...
... force of all that hath been said , and to screen false principles and inconsistent reasonings , by a general pretence that these objections and remarks are metaphysical . But this is a vain pretence . For the plain sense and truth of ...
Page 43
... force and design of the fore- going remarks , and pursue them still farther in your own meditations , I shall subjoin the following Queries . Query 1. Whether the object of geometry be not the pro- portions of assignable extensions ...
... force and design of the fore- going remarks , and pursue them still farther in your own meditations , I shall subjoin the following Queries . Query 1. Whether the object of geometry be not the pro- portions of assignable extensions ...
Page 44
... forces be not a sufficient proof of this ? 1 Qu . 10. Whether in geometry it may not suffice to con- sider assignable finite magnitude , without concerning our- selves with infinity ? And whether it would not be righter to measure large ...
... forces be not a sufficient proof of this ? 1 Qu . 10. Whether in geometry it may not suffice to con- sider assignable finite magnitude , without concerning our- selves with infinity ? And whether it would not be righter to measure large ...
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... force , the velocity will not be the same in any two different points of the described space ; but that it must vary upon the least change of space . " Now , admitting thus much to be demonstrated , yet I am still at a loss to conceive ...
... force , the velocity will not be the same in any two different points of the described space ; but that it must vary upon the least change of space . " Now , admitting thus much to be demonstrated , yet I am still at a loss to conceive ...
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... thing , as to the effect of the machine , be this done by the force of the wind , or water , or animals ? 35. Whether power to command the industry of others be not real wealth ? And whether money be not in THE QUERIST . 119.
... thing , as to the effect of the machine , be this done by the force of the wind , or water , or animals ? 35. Whether power to command the industry of others be not real wealth ? And whether money be not in THE QUERIST . 119.
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Page 388 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 390 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.