Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another. By the Right Rev. Dr. George Berkley, ...C. Hitch; and C. Davis, 1744 - 176 pages |
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... themselves to the taste . Tar - water therefore is a foap , and as fuch hath the medicinal qualities of foaps . 60. It operates more gently as the acid falts lofe their acrimony being fheathed in oyl , and thereby approaching the nature ...
... themselves to the taste . Tar - water therefore is a foap , and as fuch hath the medicinal qualities of foaps . 60. It operates more gently as the acid falts lofe their acrimony being fheathed in oyl , and thereby approaching the nature ...
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... themselves , or inherited from their ancestors , afflict the people of condition in these islands , often rendering them , upon the whole , much more unhappy than those whom po- verty and labour have ranked in the loweft lot of life ...
... themselves , or inherited from their ancestors , afflict the people of condition in these islands , often rendering them , upon the whole , much more unhappy than those whom po- verty and labour have ranked in the loweft lot of life ...
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... themselves , who are truly much to be pitied . Their condition of life makes them a prey to imaginary woes , which never fail to grow up in minds unexercifed and unemployed . To get rid of these , it is faid , there are who betake them ...
... themselves , who are truly much to be pitied . Their condition of life makes them a prey to imaginary woes , which never fail to grow up in minds unexercifed and unemployed . To get rid of these , it is faid , there are who betake them ...
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... themselves , fhould yet from groffness of air and diet , grow stupid or doat fooner than other people , who by virtue of elaftic air , water - drinking , and light food , preferve their faculties to extreme old age ; an advantage which ...
... themselves , fhould yet from groffness of air and diet , grow stupid or doat fooner than other people , who by virtue of elaftic air , water - drinking , and light food , preferve their faculties to extreme old age ; an advantage which ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft firſt foap folar folid fome fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce produceth pure raiſe reafon refides refin ſeem ſpace ſtate tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe