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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... stand upright ; and many other such gross conse- quences would follow ( saith he ) which a false imagination is not able to fancy as possible . Upon which considera- tions , Bede also denies the being of any Antipodes , Neque enim ...
... stand upright ; and many other such gross conse- quences would follow ( saith he ) which a false imagination is not able to fancy as possible . Upon which considera- tions , Bede also denies the being of any Antipodes , Neque enim ...
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... stand to re- cite the arguments for either ; I have only urged these authorities to countervail Aristotle and the schoolmen , and the better to make way for a proof of their corrup tibility . The next thing then to be enquired after ...
... stand to re- cite the arguments for either ; I have only urged these authorities to countervail Aristotle and the schoolmen , and the better to make way for a proof of their corrup tibility . The next thing then to be enquired after ...
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... stand long in the proof of this propo- sition , since it is a truth already agreed on by the ge- neral consent of the most and the best philosophers . It is solid , in opposition to fluid , as is the air ; for how otherwise could it ...
... stand long in the proof of this propo- sition , since it is a truth already agreed on by the ge- neral consent of the most and the best philosophers . It is solid , in opposition to fluid , as is the air ; for how otherwise could it ...
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... standing some of the fixed stars of the fourth or fifth mag- nitude might easily have been discerned close by her : as it was in the year 1620 * . 2. This may appear likewise from the variety of it at divers times ; for it is commonly ...
... standing some of the fixed stars of the fourth or fifth mag- nitude might easily have been discerned close by her : as it was in the year 1620 * . 2. This may appear likewise from the variety of it at divers times ; for it is commonly ...
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... 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 . might stand over the sun to contemplate its nature ; THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD , 47.
... 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 . might stand over the sun to contemplate its nature ; THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD , 47.
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
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.