The History of the Works of the Learned ..., المجلد 6J. Robinson, 1739 Containing impartial accounts and accurate abstracts of the most valuable books published in Great Britain and foreign parts ... |
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To the Author of the Hiftory of the WORKS of the LEARNED . SIR , T HERE is no Nation in the World that has made a more extraordinary Figure in Hiftory than that of the Jews . No People was ever more diftinguished by the Favours and Mer ...
To the Author of the Hiftory of the WORKS of the LEARNED . SIR , T HERE is no Nation in the World that has made a more extraordinary Figure in Hiftory than that of the Jews . No People was ever more diftinguished by the Favours and Mer ...
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As to the Author , the Reader will find the first Scenes of his Life very accurately defcribed by his own Pen ; and ... Author always affecting the mid- " dleTrack , and being alike afraid of deviating into 66 Credulity on the one Hand ...
As to the Author , the Reader will find the first Scenes of his Life very accurately defcribed by his own Pen ; and ... Author always affecting the mid- " dleTrack , and being alike afraid of deviating into 66 Credulity on the one Hand ...
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... Author treats of the antideluvian World , its Si- tuation , the Number of its Inhabitants , their Lon- gevity and Religion : He fettles the Chronology of it , points out the Crimes which were the Caufes of its Destruction , and relates ...
... Author treats of the antideluvian World , its Si- tuation , the Number of its Inhabitants , their Lon- gevity and Religion : He fettles the Chronology of it , points out the Crimes which were the Caufes of its Destruction , and relates ...
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... Author has demonstrated the Laws of the Collifion of non- elaftick and elaftick Bodies ; of the Motion of a Globe in a fluid Medium ; of the Motion of Wheels over Obstacles , and of the Motion of Wa- ter through Orifices and Pipes . He ...
... Author has demonstrated the Laws of the Collifion of non- elaftick and elaftick Bodies ; of the Motion of a Globe in a fluid Medium ; of the Motion of Wheels over Obstacles , and of the Motion of Wa- ter through Orifices and Pipes . He ...
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... - phy , within the Compass of one Century , been " brought out of the greatest Darkness and Obfcu- " rity into the cleareft Light . " . As As this is the Path in which our Author has 42 The WORKS of the LEARNED . Art . 4 .
... - phy , within the Compass of one Century , been " brought out of the greatest Darkness and Obfcu- " rity into the cleareft Light . " . As As this is the Path in which our Author has 42 The WORKS of the LEARNED . Art . 4 .
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الصفحة 80 - The Lord, ye know, is God indeed ; Without our aid he did us make : We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take.
الصفحة 150 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
الصفحة 399 - I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity and are in a perpetual flux and movement.
الصفحة 106 - At my first sitting to read to him, observing that I used the English pronunciation, he told me if I would have the benefit of the Latin tongue, not only to read and understand Latin authors, but to converse with foreigners, either abroad or at home, I must learn the foreign pronunciation.
الصفحة 403 - I dine, I play a game of backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends; and when after three or four hours...
الصفحة 355 - There is no question of importance whose decision is not comprised in the science of man; and there is none which can be decided with any certainty before we become acquainted with that science. In pretending therefore to explain the principles of human nature, we in effect propose a complete system of the sciences built on a foundation almost entirely new, and the only one upon which they can stand with any security.
الصفحة 382 - A cause is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it, that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other.
الصفحة 154 - I do believe the whole company saw it; and if it had been thought a doubt, proof would have been made of it, and many would have attested with me.
الصفحة 118 - The tenure of Kings and Magistrates; proving that it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for any, who have the power, to call to account a Tyrant or wicked King, and after due conviction, to depose and put him to death ; if the ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied to do it.
الصفحة 401 - I run into the crowd for shelter and warmth, but cannot prevail with myself to mix with such deformity. I call upon others to join me, in order to make a company apart, but no one will hearken to me. Every one keeps at a distance, and dreads that storm which beats upon me from every side.