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Qualities in a degree too strong for human nature to subdue , and assimilate to
itself , must hurt the constitution . All acids , therefore , may not be useful or
innocent . But this seemeth an acid so thoroughly concocted , so gentle , bland ,
and ...
Qualities in a degree too strong for human nature to subdue , and assimilate to
itself , must hurt the constitution . All acids , therefore , may not be useful or
innocent . But this seemeth an acid so thoroughly concocted , so gentle , bland ,
and ...
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pass the lacteals and other finer vessels , nor yet , perhaps , readily impart those
virtues to a menstruum , that may with safety and speed convey them throughout
the human body . Upon all which accounts , I believe tar . water will be found to ...
pass the lacteals and other finer vessels , nor yet , perhaps , readily impart those
virtues to a menstruum , that may with safety and speed convey them throughout
the human body . Upon all which accounts , I believe tar . water will be found to ...
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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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No eye could ever hitherto discern , and no sense perceive , the animal spirit in a
human body , otherwise than from it ' s effects . The same may be said of pure fire
, or the spirit of the universe , which is perceived only by means of some other ...
No eye could ever hitherto discern , and no sense perceive , the animal spirit in a
human body , otherwise than from it ' s effects . The same may be said of pure fire
, or the spirit of the universe , which is perceived only by means of some other ...
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... was exactly just ; nor perhaps that those sublime hints , which dart forth like
fases of light in the midst of a profound darkness , were originally struck from the
hard rock of human reason ; but rather derived , at least in part , by a divine
tradition ...
... was exactly just ; nor perhaps that those sublime hints , which dart forth like
fases of light in the midst of a profound darkness , were originally struck from the
hard rock of human reason ; but rather derived , at least in part , by a divine
tradition ...
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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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