Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 550
... suppose` an odour , tafle , or found , to have length , breadth , and depth ; or an object of confci- oufnefs to be an ell or an inch long ? Let us suppose that body and all the visible world had a beginning , and that once nothing ...
... suppose` an odour , tafle , or found , to have length , breadth , and depth ; or an object of confci- oufnefs to be an ell or an inch long ? Let us suppose that body and all the visible world had a beginning , and that once nothing ...
Page 568
... suppose either of them limited ; for that is to suppose our powers different from what we know them to be by confciouf- nefs and experience . But to confound powers with the objects of those powers , is certainly very inacurate ; and to ...
... suppose either of them limited ; for that is to suppose our powers different from what we know them to be by confciouf- nefs and experience . But to confound powers with the objects of those powers , is certainly very inacurate ; and to ...
Page 597
... Suppose a porter 284 to be offered a guinea for every mile that he shall Demonftra travel directly eastward . If there be no phyfical caufe or moral motive to keep him at rcft , or to induce him the con- to move in another direction ...
... Suppose a porter 284 to be offered a guinea for every mile that he shall Demonftra travel directly eastward . If there be no phyfical caufe or moral motive to keep him at rcft , or to induce him the con- to move in another direction ...
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