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 |
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... may as well mix with water as vinegar doth , which contains both oil and salt .
And as the oil in tar - water discovers - itfelf to the eye , so the acid salts do
manifest ( a ) Sect . 47 themselves themselves to the taste . Tar - water therefore
is ( 28 )
... may as well mix with water as vinegar doth , which contains both oil and salt .
And as the oil in tar - water discovers - itfelf to the eye , so the acid salts do
manifest ( a ) Sect . 47 themselves themselves to the taste . Tar - water therefore
is ( 28 )
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repeated attention , especially in these climates , where strongʻliquors so fatally
and so frequently produce those very distresses they are designed to remedy ;
and , if I am not misinformed , even among the ladies themselves , who are truly ...
repeated attention , especially in these climates , where strongʻliquors so fatally
and so frequently produce those very distresses they are designed to remedy ;
and , if I am not misinformed , even among the ladies themselves , who are truly ...
Page 51
It is much to be lamented that our Infulars , who act and think so much for
themselves , should yet , from grossness of air and diet , grow stupid or doat
sooner than other people , who , by virtue of elastic air , water - drinking , and
light food ...
It is much to be lamented that our Infulars , who act and think so much for
themselves , should yet , from grossness of air and diet , grow stupid or doat
sooner than other people , who , by virtue of elastic air , water - drinking , and
light food ...
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of taking , I never knew any evil ensue from its being continued ever so long ; but
, on the con trary , many and great advantages , which sometimes would not
perhaps begin to fhew themselves till it had been taken two or three months . i
111 .
of taking , I never knew any evil ensue from its being continued ever so long ; but
, on the con trary , many and great advantages , which sometimes would not
perhaps begin to fhew themselves till it had been taken two or three months . i
111 .
Page 88
But this active element is supposed to be every where , and always present ,
imparting different degrees of life , heat , and motion , to the various animals ,
vegetables , and other natural productions , as well as to the elements
themselves ...
But this active element is supposed to be every where , and always present ,
imparting different degrees of life , heat , and motion , to the various animals ,
vegetables , and other natural productions , as well as to the elements
themselves ...
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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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