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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Page 21
... visible to the eye . This when fuffered to fly off , for in- ftance , from the oil of rosemary , leaves it deftitute of all flavour . This fpark of life , this fpirit or foul , if we may so say , of the vegetable departs without any ...
... visible to the eye . This when fuffered to fly off , for in- ftance , from the oil of rosemary , leaves it deftitute of all flavour . This fpark of life , this fpirit or foul , if we may so say , of the vegetable departs without any ...
Page 102
... visible flame , which produceth the fenfe of light and heat . In this chain the firft and laft links are al- lowed to be incorporeal : the two intermediate are corporeal , being capable of motion , rarefaction , gravity , and other ...
... visible flame , which produceth the fenfe of light and heat . In this chain the firft and laft links are al- lowed to be incorporeal : the two intermediate are corporeal , being capable of motion , rarefaction , gravity , and other ...
Page 122
... visible world , which we call the courfe of nature , is fo wifely managed and carried on , that the moft improved human reason cannot thoroughly comprehend even the leaft particle thereof ; fo far is it from feeming to be produced by ...
... visible world , which we call the courfe of nature , is fo wifely managed and carried on , that the moft improved human reason cannot thoroughly comprehend even the leaft particle thereof ; fo far is it from feeming to be produced by ...
Page 142
... visible corporeal fire ( b ) , much lefs the phantome fate , or neceffity , that is the real agent , but by a certain analysis , a regular con- nection and climax , we ascend through all those me- diums to a glympfe of the first mover ...
... visible corporeal fire ( b ) , much lefs the phantome fate , or neceffity , that is the real agent , but by a certain analysis , a regular con- nection and climax , we ascend through all those me- diums to a glympfe of the first mover ...
Page 147
... visible , and altogether imperceptible to fenfe , be- ing only understood by the intellect . A fecond fort there is ever fluent and changing ( g ) , genera- ting and perishing , appearing and vanishing . This 263 , 264. ( g ) 292 , 293 ...
... visible , and altogether imperceptible to fenfe , be- ing only understood by the intellect . A fecond fort there is ever fluent and changing ( g ) , genera- ting and perishing , appearing and vanishing . This 263 , 264. ( g ) 292 , 293 ...
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