Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... ftate by the former . It is alfo obferv- ed that the fineft , pureft , and moft volatile part is that which firft afcends in diftillation . And , indeed , it should feem the lightest and most active particles required leaft force to ...
... ftate by the former . It is alfo obferv- ed that the fineft , pureft , and moft volatile part is that which firft afcends in diftillation . And , indeed , it should feem the lightest and most active particles required leaft force to ...
Page 51
... ftate , under any pre- tence or in any shape whatfoever ? Better by far , the whole prefent fet of diftillers were penfioners of the public , and their trade abolished by law ; fince all the benefit thereof put together would not ...
... ftate , under any pre- tence or in any shape whatfoever ? Better by far , the whole prefent fet of diftillers were penfioners of the public , and their trade abolished by law ; fince all the benefit thereof put together would not ...
Page 144
... ftate of ignorance to the contemplation of divine things . And though the books attributed to Mercurius Trifmegiftus were none of them wrote by him , and are allowed to contain fome manifest forgeries ; yet it is alfo allowed , that ...
... ftate of ignorance to the contemplation of divine things . And though the books attributed to Mercurius Trifmegiftus were none of them wrote by him , and are allowed to contain fome manifest forgeries ; yet it is alfo allowed , that ...
Page 145
... ftate , will be apt to think that the first spark of philofophy was de- rived from heaven ; and that it was ( as a Heathen writer expreffeth it ) Θεοπαράδα Φιλοσοφία . 302. The lapfed ftate of human kind is a thing to which the ancient ...
... ftate , will be apt to think that the first spark of philofophy was de- rived from heaven ; and that it was ( as a Heathen writer expreffeth it ) Θεοπαράδα Φιλοσοφία . 302. The lapfed ftate of human kind is a thing to which the ancient ...
Page 147
... ftate , but always in motion and change ; and therefore in effect , not one being but a fucceffion of beings : while rod is underftood to be fomewhat of an abstract or fpiritual nature , and the proper object of intellectual knowledge ...
... ftate , but always in motion and change ; and therefore in effect , not one being but a fucceffion of beings : while rod is underftood to be fomewhat of an abstract or fpiritual nature , and the proper object of intellectual knowledge ...
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