Pseudodoxia epidemica, books 4-7. The garden of Cyrus. Hydriotaphia. Brampton urnsW. Pickering, 1835 |
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... persons do suffer in this finger as well as in the rest , and sometimes first of all , and sometimes no where else . And for the mix- 8 and having , & c . ] This is not true . -Wr . But indeed , Mr. Dean , it is true . The annularis is ...
... persons do suffer in this finger as well as in the rest , and sometimes first of all , and sometimes no where else . And for the mix- 8 and having , & c . ] This is not true . -Wr . But indeed , Mr. Dean , it is true . The annularis is ...
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... persons drowned arise and float the ninth day , when their gall breaketh , is a questionable determina- tion both in the time and cause . For the time of floating , it is uncertain , according to the time of putrefaction , which shall ...
... persons drowned arise and float the ninth day , when their gall breaketh , is a questionable determina- tion both in the time and cause . For the time of floating , it is uncertain , according to the time of putrefaction , which shall ...
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... persons , who have lost the greatest part of their thighs , will not sink but float , their lungs being abler to waft up their bodies , which are in others overpoised by the hinder legs ; we have not made experiment . Thus much we ...
... persons , who have lost the greatest part of their thighs , will not sink but float , their lungs being abler to waft up their bodies , which are in others overpoised by the hinder legs ; we have not made experiment . Thus much we ...
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... persons in different sex and ages . And we conceive men may mistake , if they distin- guish not the sense of levity unto themselves , and in regard " of the scale , or decision of trutination . For after a draught of wine , a man may ...
... persons in different sex and ages . And we conceive men may mistake , if they distin- guish not the sense of levity unto themselves , and in regard " of the scale , or decision of trutination . For after a draught of wine , a man may ...
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... persons near death , do use sternutatories , or such medicines as provoke unto sneezing , when if the faculty awaketh , and sternutation ensueth , they conceive hopes of life , and with gratulation receive the signs of safety . And so ...
... persons near death , do use sternutatories , or such medicines as provoke unto sneezing , when if the faculty awaketh , and sternutation ensueth , they conceive hopes of life , and with gratulation receive the signs of safety . And so ...
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Page 132 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
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Page 445 - I find no such effects in these drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer, were but to act our Antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America, and they are already past their first sleep in Persia.
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