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 71
... vulgar ufe termed Causes , though none of them be strictly speaking agent or efficient . There is not any proof that an extended corporeal or mecha nical caufe doth really and properly act , even mo- tion itself being in truth a paffion ...
... vulgar ufe termed Causes , though none of them be strictly speaking agent or efficient . There is not any proof that an extended corporeal or mecha nical caufe doth really and properly act , even mo- tion itself being in truth a paffion ...
Page 85
... vulgar , might in length of time degenerate from the original institution , and reft in the object of fenfe . 185. Doctor Hyde , in his hiftory of the re- ligion of the ancient Perfians , would have it thought , that they borrowed the ...
... vulgar , might in length of time degenerate from the original institution , and reft in the object of fenfe . 185. Doctor Hyde , in his hiftory of the re- ligion of the ancient Perfians , would have it thought , that they borrowed the ...
Page 86
... that in the moft 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 )
... that in the moft 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 )
Page 102
... vulgar fenfe pafs for fire , yet it is not the pure elementary ( b ) fire in the fecond or philofophic fenfe , fuch as was understood by the fages of antiquity , and fuch as is collected in the focus of a burning glafs ; much less is it ...
... vulgar fenfe pafs for fire , yet it is not the pure elementary ( b ) fire in the fecond or philofophic fenfe , fuch as was understood by the fages of antiquity , and fuch as is collected in the focus of a burning glafs ; much less is it ...
Page 111
... vulgar falt not to . flow per deliquium , may we not conclude that the fame law of nature and motion doth not ob- tain between it's particles and thofe of the floating vapours ? A drop of water affumes a round figure , because it's ...
... vulgar falt not to . flow per deliquium , may we not conclude that the fame law of nature and motion doth not ob- tain between it's particles and thofe of the floating vapours ? A drop of water affumes a round figure , because it's ...
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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