The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins ...: To which is Prefixed the Author's Life and an Account of His Works, Том 1C. Whittingham, 1802 |
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... substance . This appeared evident in what- ever subject he undertook , which he always made easier for those that came after him . He treated sometimes on matters that did not properly belong THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
... substance . This appeared evident in what- ever subject he undertook , which he always made easier for those that came after him . He treated sometimes on matters that did not properly belong THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
Стр. vi
... matters that did not properly belong to his profession ; but always with a design to make men wiser and better ; which was his chief end in promoting universal know- ledge , and one of the main reasons for his entering into the royal ...
... matters that did not properly belong to his profession ; but always with a design to make men wiser and better ; which was his chief end in promoting universal know- ledge , and one of the main reasons for his entering into the royal ...
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... matters of religion ; this drew severe censures upon him from archbishop Sheldon , bishop Fell , and archbishop Dolben , & c . without considering that he could not but have a great deal of THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR . vii.
... matters of religion ; this drew severe censures upon him from archbishop Sheldon , bishop Fell , and archbishop Dolben , & c . without considering that he could not but have a great deal of THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR . vii.
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... matters of religion to a conclusion ; which drew upon him the hatred and obloquy of those who were for contrary mea- sures . His indefatigable pains in study brought the stone upon him ; which proved incurable . He had for many days a ...
... matters of religion to a conclusion ; which drew upon him the hatred and obloquy of those who were for contrary mea- sures . His indefatigable pains in study brought the stone upon him ; which proved incurable . He had for many days a ...
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... matter in hand , and was received as a common opinion amongst many of the ancients ; insomuch , that from hence they stiled eclipses by the name of лa , passions , or in the phrase of the poets , Solis lunæque labores . And therefore ...
... matter in hand , and was received as a common opinion amongst many of the ancients ; insomuch , that from hence they stiled eclipses by the name of лa , passions , or in the phrase of the poets , Solis lunæque labores . And therefore ...
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Стр. 167 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Стр. 154 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Стр. 177 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Стр. 172 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Стр. 141 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : But now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Стр. 121 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life...
Стр. 177 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Стр. 127 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Стр. 168 - If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
Стр. 109 - That it is possible for some of our posterity to find out a conveyance to this other world, and if there be inhabitants there, to have commerce with them.