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That author thinks he saw some resemblance in it to the plague of Athens . It is
hard to imagine any thing more dreadful than the case of those men , rotting alive
by the scurvyin it ' s supreme degree . To obviate such putrefaction , I believe the
...
That author thinks he saw some resemblance in it to the plague of Athens . It is
hard to imagine any thing more dreadful than the case of those men , rotting alive
by the scurvyin it ' s supreme degree . To obviate such putrefaction , I believe the
...
Page 51
For , albeit there is in every town or district throughout England , some tough
dram - driuker , set up as the Devil ' s decoy , to draw in profelytes ; yet the ruined
health and morals , and the beggary of such numbers evidently shew that we
need ...
For , albeit there is in every town or district throughout England , some tough
dram - driuker , set up as the Devil ' s decoy , to draw in profelytes ; yet the ruined
health and morals , and the beggary of such numbers evidently shew that we
need ...
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That there is some latent vivifying spirit dispersed throughout the air common
experience fleweth ; - infmuch as it is neceffary both to veges Cibles and aniorals
( b ) whether terrestrial or aquatic , neither beasts , infects , birds , nor fishes
being ...
That there is some latent vivifying spirit dispersed throughout the air common
experience fleweth ; - infmuch as it is neceffary both to veges Cibles and aniorals
( b ) whether terrestrial or aquatic , neither beasts , infects , birds , nor fishes
being ...
Page 93
intellect ( a ) , and light or fire for a vehicle to the soul ; and , in like manner , air
may be supposed a vehicle to fire , fixing it in some degree , and communicating
it ' s effects to other bodies . 200 . The pure invisible fire or ¿ther doth permeace
...
intellect ( a ) , and light or fire for a vehicle to the soul ; and , in like manner , air
may be supposed a vehicle to fire , fixing it in some degree , and communicating
it ' s effects to other bodies . 200 . The pure invisible fire or ¿ther doth permeace
...
Page 95
That there is really such a thing as vital flame , actually kindled , nourish ' d , and
extinguish ' d like common fame , and by the same nieans , is an opinion of some
moderns , particularly of Doctor Willis in his tract De fanguinis accensione : that ...
That there is really such a thing as vital flame , actually kindled , nourish ' d , and
extinguish ' d like common fame , and by the same nieans , is an opinion of some
moderns , particularly of Doctor Willis in his tract De fanguinis accensione : that ...
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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 |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Reprinted for W. Innys, 1744 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 10 okt. 2008 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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