Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water EtcInnys, 1747 |
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... system of nature , which are not effects of particular wills , feem to fpring from the fame general caufe with the vegetation of plants , an ætherial spirit actuated by a mind . 259. The first poets and theologers of Greece . and the ...
... system of nature , which are not effects of particular wills , feem to fpring from the fame general caufe with the vegetation of plants , an ætherial spirit actuated by a mind . 259. The first poets and theologers of Greece . and the ...
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... system . By virtue of this life the great maffes are held together in their orderly courfes , as well as the minutest particles governed in their natural motions , according to the feveral laws of attraction , gravity , electricity ...
... system . By virtue of this life the great maffes are held together in their orderly courfes , as well as the minutest particles governed in their natural motions , according to the feveral laws of attraction , gravity , electricity ...
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... system cannot be accused of atheism ; tho ' perhaps it may of mistake or impropriety . And yet , as one prefiding mind gives unity to the infinite aggregate of things , by a mutual communion of actions and paffions , and an adjustment ...
... system cannot be accused of atheism ; tho ' perhaps it may of mistake or impropriety . And yet , as one prefiding mind gives unity to the infinite aggregate of things , by a mutual communion of actions and paffions , and an adjustment ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe beſt blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diſcover diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feemeth fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft firſt foap folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principles produce pure raiſe reafon refiding refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe