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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Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold fleeces of wool over the
steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery
substance was called pissinum . Ray will have this to be the same with the
piffel¿um , of the ...
Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold fleeces of wool over the
steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery
substance was called pissinum . Ray will have this to be the same with the
piffel¿um , of the ...
Page 14
There seems to have been some confusion in the naming of these trees , as well
among the ancients as the moderns , . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by
later authors applied very differently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not ...
There seems to have been some confusion in the naming of these trees , as well
among the ancients as the moderns , . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by
later authors applied very differently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not ...
Page 143
Nevertheless , though , perhaps , it may not be relished by some modern readers
, yet the treating in physical books concerning metaphysical and divine matcers
can be justified by great authorities among the ancients ; not to mention , that he ...
Nevertheless , though , perhaps , it may not be relished by some modern readers
, yet the treating in physical books concerning metaphysical and divine matcers
can be justified by great authorities among the ancients ; not to mention , that he ...
Page 144
Locrensis , that ancient Pythagor¿an , author of the .book concerning the soul of
the world , speaks of a most ancient philosophy , even in his time , « cete Cusas
Qincoopía , stirring up and recovering the soul from a state of ignorance to the ...
Locrensis , that ancient Pythagor¿an , author of the .book concerning the soul of
the world , speaks of a most ancient philosophy , even in his time , « cete Cusas
Qincoopía , stirring up and recovering the soul from a state of ignorance to the ...
Page 145
The humane mind is so much clogged , and born downward , by the strong and
early impreffions of sense ( a ) , that it is wonderful , how the ancients should
have made even such a progress , and feen so far into intellectual matters ,
without ...
The humane mind is so much clogged , and born downward , by the strong and
early impreffions of sense ( a ) , that it is wonderful , how the ancients should
have made even such a progress , and feen so far into intellectual matters ,
without ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 mai 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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