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 75
... element of ¿thereal fire or light feems to comprehend , in a mixed state , the feeds , the natural caufes and forms ( g ) of all fublunary things . The groffer bodies feparate , attract , and repel the several constituent particles of ...
... element of ¿thereal fire or light feems to comprehend , in a mixed state , the feeds , the natural caufes and forms ( g ) of all fublunary things . The groffer bodies feparate , attract , and repel the several constituent particles of ...
Page 76
... elements ( a ) . The Platonists too , as well as the Pythagor¿ans , held fire to be the immedi- ate natural agent ... element , which , as it actuates the macrocofm , fo it animates the mi- crocofm . In the Tim¿us of Plato , there is ...
... elements ( a ) . The Platonists too , as well as the Pythagor¿ans , held fire to be the immedi- ate natural agent ... element , which , as it actuates the macrocofm , fo it animates the mi- crocofm . In the Tim¿us of Plato , there is ...
Page 78
... element , as to produce in an instant of time the greatest and most stupendous effects : a fuffici- ent proof , not only of the power of fire , but also of the wisdom with which it is managed , and with- held from bursting forth every ...
... element , as to produce in an instant of time the greatest and most stupendous effects : a fuffici- ent proof , not only of the power of fire , but also of the wisdom with which it is managed , and with- held from bursting forth every ...
Page 85
... element of fire . Not to infift that God is more than once faid to be a confuming fire , which might be understood in a metaphorical fenfe , the divine apparitions were by fire , in the bush , at mount Sinai , on the tabernacle , in the ...
... element of fire . Not to infift that God is more than once faid to be a confuming fire , which might be understood in a metaphorical fenfe , the divine apparitions were by fire , in the bush , at mount Sinai , on the tabernacle , in the ...
Page 86
... the most remote ages and countries , the vulgar as well as the learn- ed , the inftitutions of lawgivers as well as the reafonings of philofophers , have ever confidered the the element of fire in a peculiar light , and ( 86 )
... the most remote ages and countries , the vulgar as well as the learn- ed , the inftitutions of lawgivers as well as the reafonings of philofophers , have ever confidered the the element of fire in a peculiar light , and ( 86 )
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿thereal alfo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects effence elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft foap folar folid 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 light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved pafs Parmenides particles perfons ph¿nomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principle Proclus produce pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe