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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... object , fo in that of the former , the attractive and organical powers of the plant co - operatate with the fun ( a ) ... objects , even fo the specific qualities of the elaborate juices of plants , feem to be virtually or eminently ...
... object , fo in that of the former , the attractive and organical powers of the plant co - operatate with the fun ( a ) ... objects , even fo the specific qualities of the elaborate juices of plants , feem to be virtually or eminently ...
Page 33
... object , fhall leave the decifion to time , and trial . 69. In the modern practice , foap , opium , and , mercury bid fairest for univerfal medicines . The first of these is highly spoken of . But then those who magnify it moft , except ...
... object , fhall leave the decifion to time , and trial . 69. In the modern practice , foap , opium , and , mercury bid fairest for univerfal medicines . The first of these is highly spoken of . But then those who magnify it moft , except ...
Page 39
... object as they please , but I appeal to time and experiment . Effects mifimputed , cafes wrong told , circumftances overlooked , perhaps too , prejudices and partialities against truth , may for a time prevail and keep her at the bottom ...
... object as they please , but I appeal to time and experiment . Effects mifimputed , cafes wrong told , circumftances overlooked , perhaps too , prejudices and partialities against truth , may for a time prevail and keep her at the bottom ...
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... object of no fenfe . It is that occult , univer- fal nature , and inward invisible force , which actu- ates and animates the whole world , and was wor- fhipped by the antients under the name of Saturn ; which Voffius judges , not ...
... object of no fenfe . It is that occult , univer- fal nature , and inward invisible force , which actu- ates and animates the whole world , and was wor- fhipped by the antients under the name of Saturn ; which Voffius judges , not ...
Page 85
... object of fenfe . 185. Doctor Hyde , in his hiftory of the re- ligion of the ancient Perfians , would have it thought , that they borrowed the use and reverence of perpetual fires , from the Jewish practice pre- fcribed in the Levitical ...
... object of fenfe . 185. Doctor Hyde , in his hiftory of the re- ligion of the ancient Perfians , would have it thought , that they borrowed the use and reverence of perpetual fires , from the Jewish practice pre- fcribed in the Levitical ...
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abfolute acid æther ætherial againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout 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 pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refides refin ſeems ſpace ſpecific tar-water thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ