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... mineral and vegetable bodies . Chap . 1. That crystal is nothing else but ice strongly congealed . 94 Chap . 2. Concerning the loadstone ; of things particularly spoken thereof , evidently or probably true VOL . I. a 112 888 02 8 72 75 ...
... mineral and vegetable bodies . Chap . 1. That crystal is nothing else but ice strongly congealed . 94 Chap . 2. Concerning the loadstone ; of things particularly spoken thereof , evidently or probably true VOL . I. a 112 888 02 8 72 75 ...
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... minerals and terreous bodies , which , examined , prove either false or dubious . That a diamond is softened or broken by the blood of a goat ; that glass is poison , and that it is malleable ; of the cordial quality of gold ; that a ...
... minerals and terreous bodies , which , examined , prove either false or dubious . That a diamond is softened or broken by the blood of a goat ; that glass is poison , and that it is malleable ; of the cordial quality of gold ; that a ...
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... minerals , plants , and animals . He was so curious a botanist , that besides the specifical distinctions , he made nice and elaborate observa- tions , equally useful as entertaining . " His memory , though not so eminent as that of ...
... minerals , plants , and animals . He was so curious a botanist , that besides the specifical distinctions , he made nice and elaborate observa- tions , equally useful as entertaining . " His memory , though not so eminent as that of ...
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... minerals , " which the credulous and su- perstitious regarded as having fallen from the clouds . " Towards the latter ... mineral . In England , this evidence gradually vanquished incredulity , but many foreign savans conceit they are ...
... minerals , " which the credulous and su- perstitious regarded as having fallen from the clouds . " Towards the latter ... mineral . In England , this evidence gradually vanquished incredulity , but many foreign savans conceit they are ...
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... minerals , vegetables , and animals , which are indeed chiefly collections out of Aristotle , Ælian , and Pliny , and respectively contain many of our popular errors . A man who hath much advanced these opinions by the authority of his ...
... minerals , vegetables , and animals , which are indeed chiefly collections out of Aristotle , Ælian , and Pliny , and respectively contain many of our popular errors . A man who hath much advanced these opinions by the authority of his ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 31 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.