The Athenian Oracle: Being a Entire Collection of All the Valuable Questions and Answers in the Old Athenian Mercuries. Intermix'd with Many Cases in Divinity, History, Philosophy, Mathematics, Love, Poetry; Never Before Publish'd. To which is Added, an Alphabetical Table for the Speedy Finding of Any Questions, 2. köideJohn Dunton, Richard Sault, Samuel Wesley J. and J. Knapton, 1728 |
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... follows , that fince there is a Com- preffure in Water ( its Nature con- fider'd ) as in the Air , the Water that is on the cutfide the Cork , as it is let deeper and deeper , will ftill prefs harder and harder upon the Cork , and the ...
... follows , that fince there is a Com- preffure in Water ( its Nature con- fider'd ) as in the Air , the Water that is on the cutfide the Cork , as it is let deeper and deeper , will ftill prefs harder and harder upon the Cork , and the ...
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... follow a Cohefi- on , which Cohesion is fo ftrong , as has been Experimented in two Circular Pieces of black Marble , not three Inches Diameter , that a Weight of 80 Pounds faftened to the under Marble was but fufficient to feparate ...
... follow a Cohefi- on , which Cohesion is fo ftrong , as has been Experimented in two Circular Pieces of black Marble , not three Inches Diameter , that a Weight of 80 Pounds faftened to the under Marble was but fufficient to feparate ...
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... follows that this Motion proceeds Circu- larly , viz . That the Blood is con- ftantly driven from the Heart in to the Arteries , out of thefe into Parts to be nourished , from whence it is reforbed by the Ca- pillary Veins , which condu ...
... follows that this Motion proceeds Circu- larly , viz . That the Blood is con- ftantly driven from the Heart in to the Arteries , out of thefe into Parts to be nourished , from whence it is reforbed by the Ca- pillary Veins , which condu ...
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... follow'd , which if you please take over again , and if poffible in more intelligible Terms : Suppofe then that We had very lately abundance of Rain and Clouds , and that the Mercury was at the lowest pitch , and confequently the Air ex ...
... follow'd , which if you please take over again , and if poffible in more intelligible Terms : Suppofe then that We had very lately abundance of Rain and Clouds , and that the Mercury was at the lowest pitch , and confequently the Air ex ...
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... follow- ing Relation . Some time fince my Curiofity led me , among o- ther Anatomick Subjects , to dif- fect a Female Moufe , whofe Ab- domen as foon as I had laid open , I was furpriz'd to find the Celtis fellea fo much larger than is ...
... follow- ing Relation . Some time fince my Curiofity led me , among o- ther Anatomick Subjects , to dif- fect a Female Moufe , whofe Ab- domen as foon as I had laid open , I was furpriz'd to find the Celtis fellea fo much larger than is ...
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Page 97 - Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils : ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
Page 496 - As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Page 511 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 287 - A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Page 172 - Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon : but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
Page 387 - If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods...
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Page 151 - Moses' seat, and made laws as authoritative as His.* Moses was said to have received the law on Sinai and then committed it to Joshua, Joshua to the elders, the elders to the prophets, the prophets to the men of the Great Synagogue, who thus, as the makers of the oral, took their place beside the creators of the scriptural, law.