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Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold Aeæces 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 ...
Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold Aeæces 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 ...
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The soul of man was supposed by many ancient sages , to be thrust into the
human body as into a prison , for punishment of past offences . But the worst
prison is the body of an indolent Epi . cure , whose blood is inflamed by
fermented lic ...
The soul of man was supposed by many ancient sages , to be thrust into the
human body as into a prison , for punishment of past offences . But the worst
prison is the body of an indolent Epi . cure , whose blood is inflamed by
fermented lic ...
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mental and mechanical knowledge very far , yet it must be owned , that the
ancients too were not ignorant of many things ( e ) , as well in physics as
metaphysics , which perhaps are more generally , though not first known in these
modern ...
mental and mechanical knowledge very far , yet it must be owned , that the
ancients too were not ignorant of many things ( e ) , as well in physics as
metaphysics , which perhaps are more generally , though not first known in these
modern ...
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Nevertheless , though , perhaps , it may not be relished by some modern readers
, yet the treating in physical books concerning metaphysical and divine matters
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 matters
can be justified by great authorities among the ancients ; not to mention , that he ...
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book concerning the soul of the world , speaks of a most ancient philosophy ,
even in his time , a weers Sύσα φιλοσοφία , ftirring up and recovering the foul
from a state of ignorance to the contemplation of divine things . And though the
books ...
book concerning the soul of the world , speaks of a most ancient philosophy ,
even in his time , a weers Sύσα φιλοσοφία , ftirring up and recovering the foul
from a state of ignorance to the contemplation of divine things . And though the
books ...
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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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