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That such heaps or piles of wood were sometimes a hundred and eighty cubits
round , and sixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with fods
of earth to prevent prevent the flame from bursting forth in which case the ( 8 )
That such heaps or piles of wood were sometimes a hundred and eighty cubits
round , and sixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with fods
of earth to prevent prevent the flame from bursting forth in which case the ( 8 )
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Tar - water ' poffeffech the stomachic and cardiac qualities of Elixir proprietatis ,
Stoughton ' s drops , and many such tinctures and extracts , with this difference ,
that it worketh it ' s effect more safely , as it hath nothing of that spirit of wine ...
Tar - water ' poffeffech the stomachic and cardiac qualities of Elixir proprietatis ,
Stoughton ' s drops , and many such tinctures and extracts , with this difference ,
that it worketh it ' s effect more safely , as it hath nothing of that spirit of wine ...
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And I apprehend it would be very serviceable in such disorders . For although
Doctor Gibbs in his treatise of the King ' s Evil derives that disease from a
coagulating acid , which is also agreeable to the opinion of some other
physicians , and ...
And I apprehend it would be very serviceable in such disorders . For although
Doctor Gibbs in his treatise of the King ' s Evil derives that disease from a
coagulating acid , which is also agreeable to the opinion of some other
physicians , and ...
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And it is not improbable they are led gradually to the use of those poisons by a
certain complaisant pharmacy , too niuch used in the modern practice , palsy
drops , poppy cordial , plague water , and such like , which being in truth nothing
but ...
And it is not improbable they are led gradually to the use of those poisons by a
certain complaisant pharmacy , too niuch used in the modern practice , palsy
drops , poppy cordial , plague water , and such like , which being in truth nothing
but ...
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But why should such a canker be tolerated in the vitals of a state , under any
pretence or in any shape whatsoever ? Better by far , the whole present set of
distillers were pensioners of the public , and their trade abolished by law . ; since
all the ...
But why should such a canker be tolerated in the vitals of a state , under any
pretence or in any shape whatsoever ? Better by far , the whole present set of
distillers were pensioners of the public , and their trade abolished by law . ; since
all the ...
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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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