A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3J. and H. L. Hunt, 1824 |
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... Nature , and admire the beauty of her works . The engravings are executed with great spirit and neat- ness , from ... Nature is stamped upon all - Nature in her delightful variety and most interesting aspects . " - Morning Chronicle . A ...
... Nature , and admire the beauty of her works . The engravings are executed with great spirit and neat- ness , from ... Nature is stamped upon all - Nature in her delightful variety and most interesting aspects . " - Morning Chronicle . A ...
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... nature ; and above all , of the nature of Egypt , which was desolated by a destructive plague at least once in ten years . There must have been three thousand four hundred boys born in Egypt on the same day as Sesostris ; and as nature ...
... nature ; and above all , of the nature of Egypt , which was desolated by a destructive plague at least once in ten years . There must have been three thousand four hundred boys born in Egypt on the same day as Sesostris ; and as nature ...
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... nature is bestowed : - But oh ! dispute not - the designs of heaven To mortal insight never can be given . What is the knowledge of this world's most knowing ? What , but a bubble scarcely worth the blowing ? " Quite full of errors was ...
... nature is bestowed : - But oh ! dispute not - the designs of heaven To mortal insight never can be given . What is the knowledge of this world's most knowing ? What , but a bubble scarcely worth the blowing ? " Quite full of errors was ...
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... nature had all at once taught him this distance , and that he has only need of a coup d'œil , as in the case of colours . He is deceived ; the different distances of objects can only be known by experience , comparison , and habit . It ...
... nature had all at once taught him this distance , and that he has only need of a coup d'œil , as in the case of colours . He is deceived ; the different distances of objects can only be known by experience , comparison , and habit . It ...
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... nature addresses to all eyes ; but experience only teaches this language . Experience alone teaches us , that when an object is too far , we see it confusedly and weakly ; and from thence we form ideas , which always afterwards ...
... nature addresses to all eyes ; but experience only teaches this language . Experience alone teaches us , that when an object is too far , we see it confusedly and weakly ; and from thence we form ideas , which always afterwards ...
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Page 51 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Page 280 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 47 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day...
Page 133 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 89 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Page 293 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.
Page 311 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Page 145 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 274 - The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.