Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 94
... æthereal fpirit , being attracted and imprisoned in groffer bodies , feemeth to be fet free and carried off , by the fuperior at- traction of a subtil and pure flame . Hence , per- haps it is , that lightening kills animals , and turns ...
... æthereal fpirit , being attracted and imprisoned in groffer bodies , feemeth to be fet free and carried off , by the fuperior at- traction of a subtil and pure flame . Hence , per- haps it is , that lightening kills animals , and turns ...
Page 95
... æthereal brought by the air into the blood feems to nourish , though not the foul it felf , yet the in- terior tunicle of the foul , the auraï fimplicis ignem . 205. That there is really fuch a thing as vital flame , actually kindled ...
... æthereal brought by the air into the blood feems to nourish , though not the foul it felf , yet the in- terior tunicle of the foul , the auraï fimplicis ignem . 205. That there is really fuch a thing as vital flame , actually kindled ...
Page 130
... æthereal body , the feed of the generation of all things . Plato held fate to be the eternal reafon or law of nature . Chryfippus fuppofed that fate was a spiritual power which difpofed the world in order ; that it was the reafon and ...
... æthereal body , the feed of the generation of all things . Plato held fate to be the eternal reafon or law of nature . Chryfippus fuppofed that fate was a spiritual power which difpofed the world in order ; that it was the reafon and ...
Page 135
... æthereal feminary , con- fiftently with the notions of that philofophy , which afcribed much of generation to celeftial influence , be supposed to impregnate plants and animals with the first principles , the ftamina , or thofe animal ...
... æthereal feminary , con- fiftently with the notions of that philofophy , which afcribed much of generation to celeftial influence , be supposed to impregnate plants and animals with the first principles , the ftamina , or thofe animal ...
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abfolute acid æther ætherial againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul 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 pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refides refin ſeems ſpace ſpecific tar-water thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ