Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot, Volume 2W. Richardson and L. Urquhart, 1770 |
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... chance to let a F - t- But to my StoryYou must know then , Sir , I once went to the World in the Moon ; how I got there , is no Business of yours or mine at pre- fent- but I failed and failed farther than I can tell , till I came to the ...
... chance to let a F - t- But to my StoryYou must know then , Sir , I once went to the World in the Moon ; how I got there , is no Business of yours or mine at pre- fent- but I failed and failed farther than I can tell , till I came to the ...
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... Chance , that the very Act for which he deferved to lofe his Head , if fecret Family - Memoirs are to be credited , turned to his Advantage , and became the Means of his ingroffing the Heart of his Master . Though this Tranfaction be ...
... Chance , that the very Act for which he deferved to lofe his Head , if fecret Family - Memoirs are to be credited , turned to his Advantage , and became the Means of his ingroffing the Heart of his Master . Though this Tranfaction be ...
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... chance , Dropt by wild atoms in diforder'd dance ? Or from an endlefs chain of caufes wrought ? And of unthinking fubftance , born with thought ? By motion which began without a caufe , Supremely wife , without defign or laws . Am I but ...
... chance , Dropt by wild atoms in diforder'd dance ? Or from an endlefs chain of caufes wrought ? And of unthinking fubftance , born with thought ? By motion which began without a caufe , Supremely wife , without defign or laws . Am I but ...
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John Arbuthnot. comprehended all Games which were fubjected to the Determination of mere Chance ; this Sort of Gaming was strictly forbid by the Emperor Juftinian , Cod . Lib . 3. Tit . 43. under very fevere Penalties ; and Phocius ...
John Arbuthnot. comprehended all Games which were fubjected to the Determination of mere Chance ; this Sort of Gaming was strictly forbid by the Emperor Juftinian , Cod . Lib . 3. Tit . 43. under very fevere Penalties ; and Phocius ...
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... Chances , and confequently the greatest Probability to gain ; and the whole Art of Gaming , where there is any Thing of Hazard , will be reduced to this at last , viz . in dubious Cafes to calculate on which Side there are most Chances ...
... Chances , and confequently the greatest Probability to gain ; and the whole Art of Gaming , where there is any Thing of Hazard , will be reduced to this at last , viz . in dubious Cafes to calculate on which Side there are most Chances ...
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Page 252 - But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day ; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee : Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Page 252 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth...
Page 253 - I seem,- mere flesh and blood ; A branching channel, with a mazy flood? The purple stream that through my vessels glides, Dull and unconscious flows like common tides : The pipes through which the circling juices stray, Are not that thinking I, no more than they : This frame compacted with transcendent skill, Of moving joints obedient to my will, Nursed from the fruitful glebe, like yonder tree, Waxes and wastes; I call it mine, not me...
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Page 257 - In vain thou hop'ft for blifs on this poor clod, Return, and feek thy Father, and thy God : Yet think not to regain thy native...
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Page 238 - C^_ // not then the King above the Laws ? A. By no means : For the Intention of Government being the Security of the Lives, Liberties, and Properties of the Members of the Community, they never can be fuppofed, by the Law of Nature, to give an arbitrary Power over their Perfons and Eftates. King is a Title, which, tranflated into feveral Languages...
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