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, Volumen1C. Whittingham, 1802 |
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... globe of earth not big enough for him , if there had been another ; which made the satyrist say of him , Æstuat infœlix angusto limite mundi † . " That he did vex himself , and sweat in his desires , as " being penned up in a narrow ...
... globe of earth not big enough for him , if there had been another ; which made the satyrist say of him , Æstuat infœlix angusto limite mundi † . " That he did vex himself , and sweat in his desires , as " being penned up in a narrow ...
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... globe of earth , there was another world , another sun and moon , and so he might seem to exclude this from the number of the other creatures . But now there is no such danger in this opinion , which is here delivered ; since this world ...
... globe of earth , there was another world , another sun and moon , and so he might seem to exclude this from the number of the other creatures . But now there is no such danger in this opinion , which is here delivered ; since this world ...
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... globe of elements in that which we call the æthereal parts of the universe ; for if this ( as it is accord- ing to the common opinion ) be privileged from any change or corruption , it will be in vain then to imagine any element there ...
... globe of elements in that which we call the æthereal parts of the universe ; for if this ( as it is accord- ing to the common opinion ) be privileged from any change or corruption , it will be in vain then to imagine any element there ...
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... globe of pure congealed air , like hail inclosed in a sphere of fire ; for then , 1. Why does she not always appear in the full ? since the light is dispersed through all her body ? 2. How can the interposition of her body so darken the ...
... globe of pure congealed air , like hail inclosed in a sphere of fire ; for then , 1. Why does she not always appear in the full ? since the light is dispersed through all her body ? 2. How can the interposition of her body so darken the ...
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... globe ; the one half of whose body was of a bright substance , the other half being dark ; and the divers con- * Tostatus in 1 Gen. Hyeron . de sancta fide Hebræomast . l . 2. c . 4 . versions of those sides towards our eyes , caused ...
... globe ; the one half of whose body was of a bright substance , the other half being dark ; and the divers con- * Tostatus in 1 Gen. Hyeron . de sancta fide Hebræomast . l . 2. c . 4 . versions of those sides towards our eyes , caused ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 177 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.