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 7
... vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemp- tible , appears to be an excellent balfam , contain- ing the virtues of moft other balfams , which it eafily imparts to water , and by that means readily and ...
... vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemp- tible , appears to be an excellent balfam , contain- ing the virtues of moft other balfams , which it eafily imparts to water , and by that means readily and ...
Page 18
... vulgar ar- gument from analogy between plants and animals . Jofeth much of it's force , if it be confidered , that the fuppofed circulating of the fap , from the root or lacteals through the arteries , and thence return- ing , by ...
... vulgar ar- gument from analogy between plants and animals . Jofeth much of it's force , if it be confidered , that the fuppofed circulating of the fap , from the root or lacteals through the arteries , and thence return- ing , by ...
Page 49
... are fo many fine perfons of both fexes , fhining them- felves , and fhone on by fortune , who are inwardly miferable and fick of life . ( a ) 66 . ( b ) 86 . G 105. The 105. The hardness of ftubbed vulgar çonftitu- tions , renders ( 49 )
... are fo many fine perfons of both fexes , fhining them- felves , and fhone on by fortune , who are inwardly miferable and fick of life . ( a ) 66 . ( b ) 86 . G 105. The 105. The hardness of ftubbed vulgar çonftitu- tions , renders ( 49 )
Page 50
... vulgar çonftitu- tions , renders them infenfible of a thoufand things , that fret and gall thofe delicate people , who , as if their skin was peeled off , feel to the quick every thing that touches them . The remedy for this ex- quifite ...
... vulgar çonftitu- tions , renders them infenfible of a thoufand things , that fret and gall thofe delicate people , who , as if their skin was peeled off , feel to the quick every thing that touches them . The remedy for this ex- quifite ...
Page 69
... vulgar rule , of the spaces being re- ciprocally as the preffures : and fo in fact it is faid to have been found , by the gentlemen of the French Academy of Sciences . 151. Æther , fire , or fpirit being attracted and clogged by ...
... vulgar rule , of the spaces being re- ciprocally as the preffures : and fo in fact it is faid to have been found , by the gentlemen of the French Academy of Sciences . 151. Æther , fire , or fpirit being attracted and clogged by ...
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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