The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins ...: To which is Prefixed the Author's Life and an Account of His Works, Volume 1C. Whittingham, 1802 - Cryptography |
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... doubt not , but either thou wilt agree with me in this assertion , or at least not think it to be as far from truth , as it is from common opinion . Two cautions there are , which I would willingly admo- nish thee of in the beginning ...
... doubt not , but either thou wilt agree with me in this assertion , or at least not think it to be as far from truth , as it is from common opinion . Two cautions there are , which I would willingly admo- nish thee of in the beginning ...
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... doubts as may hinder the speed or ease of farther progress . And because the suppositions implied in this opinion , may seem to contra- dict the principles of reason or faith , it will be requisite that I first remove this scruple ...
... doubts as may hinder the speed or ease of farther progress . And because the suppositions implied in this opinion , may seem to contra- dict the principles of reason or faith , it will be requisite that I first remove this scruple ...
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... doubt . Nor whether or no in a long time they would wear away and grow worse , for from any such fear they have been lately privileged t . But whether they are capable of such changes and vicissitudes , as this inferior world is liable ...
... doubt . Nor whether or no in a long time they would wear away and grow worse , for from any such fear they have been lately privileged t . But whether they are capable of such changes and vicissitudes , as this inferior world is liable ...
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... doubt , and shew that the moon hath no more light of her own than our earth . * De phænom . lunæ , c . 11 . + Prop . 9 . In lib . de animalib . I ' PROP V. That the Moon hath not any D 2 THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD . 35.
... doubt , and shew that the moon hath no more light of her own than our earth . * De phænom . lunæ , c . 11 . + Prop . 9 . In lib . de animalib . I ' PROP V. That the Moon hath not any D 2 THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD . 35.
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... doubt ; of which admirable invention , these latter ages of the world may justly boast , and for this expect to be celebrated by posterity . It is related of Eu- doxus , that he wished himself burnt with Phaeton , so he * Cap . 7 ...
... doubt ; of which admirable invention , these latter ages of the world may justly boast , and for this expect to be celebrated by posterity . It is related of Eu- doxus , that he wished himself burnt with Phaeton , so he * Cap . 7 ...
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Page 167 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 154 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Page 177 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Page 172 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Page 141 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : But now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Page 121 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life...
Page 177 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Page 127 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 168 - If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
Page 109 - That it is possible for some of our posterity to find out a conveyance to this other world, and if there be inhabitants there, to have commerce with them.