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... treat his own Subject in his own Way ; and being willing to allow others the fame Liberty , is not difpofed to ask Pardon for what he has faid in them . He takes it for granted that fome will exclaim at him ; but he feems very confident ...
... treat his own Subject in his own Way ; and being willing to allow others the fame Liberty , is not difpofed to ask Pardon for what he has faid in them . He takes it for granted that fome will exclaim at him ; but he feems very confident ...
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... treats the Sup- pofition of any Agreement as quite ludicrous , as " what may give entire Satisfaction , and appear per- " fectly juft and beautiful to Men of deep Difcern- " ment and Penetration ; yet it muft , as he imagines , " be a ...
... treats the Sup- pofition of any Agreement as quite ludicrous , as " what may give entire Satisfaction , and appear per- " fectly juft and beautiful to Men of deep Difcern- " ment and Penetration ; yet it muft , as he imagines , " be a ...
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... treats of the fingular Excellence and manifold Ufes of facred Antiquity . It fhews what Service it is of to Religion , for proving the Truth of it , for explaining and clearing up the divine Records , for reflecting Light on the ...
... treats of the fingular Excellence and manifold Ufes of facred Antiquity . It fhews what Service it is of to Religion , for proving the Truth of it , for explaining and clearing up the divine Records , for reflecting Light on the ...
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... treats of the Doctrine of infinite Series , wherein there is not any thing proposed , but what he has endeavoured to demonftrate ; and , be- fides feveral valuable Things on that Topick , and a Variety of cafy Examples , there are fome ...
... treats of the Doctrine of infinite Series , wherein there is not any thing proposed , but what he has endeavoured to demonftrate ; and , be- fides feveral valuable Things on that Topick , and a Variety of cafy Examples , there are fome ...
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... treats of , ( that is , from about 100 Years before the Birth of Chrift , to the Year of our Lord 486. ) is , beyond all Doubt one of the most obscure in Hi ftory ; and ( as the Tranflator very well obferves , at the Conclufion of his ...
... treats of , ( that is , from about 100 Years before the Birth of Chrift , to the Year of our Lord 486. ) is , beyond all Doubt one of the most obscure in Hi ftory ; and ( as the Tranflator very well obferves , at the Conclufion of his ...
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Page 150 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 203 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 249 - ... persons : take ye every man for them which are in his tents. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack ; they gathered every man according to his eating.
Page 241 - When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest : and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you : on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Page 157 - MOTHER has so well instructed this way in geography," [But had she not, do you think, dear Sir, some of this good gentleman's kind assistance?^ "that he knew the limits of the four parts of the world; would readily point, being asked, to any country upon the globe, or any county in the map of England; knew all the great rivers, promontories, streights, and bays in the world, and could find the longitude and latitude of any place, before he was six years old.
Page 385 - Historico-Geographical description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia, but more particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary, both in their ancient and modern state, together with an entire new...
Page 443 - Is it to be marvelled at," he said, " that I covet money ? It is a horrible thing to imagine the debts wherein I am held bound. By the head of God, they amount to the sum of two hundred thousand marks ; and if I should say three hundred thousand I should not exceed the bounds of truth. I am deceived on every hand ; I am a maimed and abridged king — yea, now but half a king.
Page 254 - Fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Ifaac, and the GOD of Jacob, hath APPEARED unto thee.
Page 170 - Harrington, esq.; collected, methodlz'd, and reviewed, with an exact account of his life prefixed, by John Toland. To which is added, an appendix, containing all the political tracts wrote by this author, omitted in Mr.
Page 80 - A Mechanical Account of the Non-Naturals: being a brief Explication of the Changes made in Humane Bodies, by Air, Diet, &c. together with an Enquiry into the Nature and Use of Baths upon the same Principles. To which is prefix'd, the Doctrin of Animal Secretion in several Propositions.