The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts. Part I. Containing The Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. : With Philosophical NotesT. & J. Swords, printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College, 1798 - 146 pages |
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... increasing knowlege flies , And error's shades forsake the jaundiced eyes ; Man knows himself for man , and sees , elate , The kinder promise of his future fate ; Nations , ashamed , their ancient hate forego , And find a brother ...
... increasing knowlege flies , And error's shades forsake the jaundiced eyes ; Man knows himself for man , and sees , elate , The kinder promise of his future fate ; Nations , ashamed , their ancient hate forego , And find a brother ...
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... increased number of senses might have incommoded us by adding to the size of our bodies . Palfy's cold hands . 1. 367. Paralytic limbs are in general only incapable of being stimulated into action by the power of the will ; fince the ...
... increased number of senses might have incommoded us by adding to the size of our bodies . Palfy's cold hands . 1. 367. Paralytic limbs are in general only incapable of being stimulated into action by the power of the will ; fince the ...
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... increases vegetation , both which philofophers had previously been fupporters of the contrary doctrine , for many other naturalifts have fince repeated their experiments relative to this object , and their new results have confirmed ...
... increases vegetation , both which philofophers had previously been fupporters of the contrary doctrine , for many other naturalifts have fince repeated their experiments relative to this object , and their new results have confirmed ...
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... increases the growth of plants , and the germination of feeds ; and opposes Mr. Ingenhouz by very nume rous and conclufive facts . Ib . Tom . XXXV . p . 401 . Since , by the late discoveries or opinions of the chemists , there is reason ...
... increases the growth of plants , and the germination of feeds ; and opposes Mr. Ingenhouz by very nume rous and conclufive facts . Ib . Tom . XXXV . p . 401 . Since , by the late discoveries or opinions of the chemists , there is reason ...
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... increased , through the whole terraqueous globe of 000 miles diame- ter ; the cruft would thence , in many places , open into fiffures , which , by admitting the fea to flow in upon the fire , would produce not only a quan- tity of ...
... increased , through the whole terraqueous globe of 000 miles diame- ter ; the cruft would thence , in many places , open into fiffures , which , by admitting the fea to flow in upon the fire , would produce not only a quan- tity of ...
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