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, Volume 1C. Whittingham, 1802 - Cryptography |
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... truths have been formerly esteemed ridiculous , and great absurdities entertained by common consent . By way of Preface Page 3 II . That a plurality of worlds does not contradict any prin- ciple of reason or faith 13 23 III . That the ...
... truths have been formerly esteemed ridiculous , and great absurdities entertained by common consent . By way of Preface Page 3 II . That a plurality of worlds does not contradict any prin- ciple of reason or faith 13 23 III . That the ...
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... truth which upon deliberation shall seem most probable unto thy reason ; and then I doubt not , but either thou wilt agree with me in this assertion , or at least not think it to be as far from truth , as it is from common opinion . Two ...
... truth which upon deliberation shall seem most probable unto thy reason ; and then I doubt not , but either thou wilt agree with me in this assertion , or at least not think it to be as far from truth , as it is from common opinion . Two ...
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... truths well worthy your pains and observation . It is a false conceit , for us to think that amongst the ancient variety and search of opi- nions , the best hath still prevailed . Time ( saith the learned Verulam ) seems to be of the ...
... truths well worthy your pains and observation . It is a false conceit , for us to think that amongst the ancient variety and search of opi- nions , the best hath still prevailed . Time ( saith the learned Verulam ) seems to be of the ...
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... truth doth now seem distasteful for that very reason , for which error is entertained ; novelty . For let but some ... truth can- not anywhere find so ready entertainment ; but the same novelty which is esteemed the commendation of error ...
... truth doth now seem distasteful for that very reason , for which error is entertained ; novelty . For let but some ... truth can- not anywhere find so ready entertainment ; but the same novelty which is esteemed the commendation of error ...
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... truths in philosophy , to be derided by those that are ignorant of the causes of things ; and rejected by others , whose perverse- ness ties them to the contrary opinion ; men whose envious pride will not allow any new thing for truth ...
... truths in philosophy , to be derided by those that are ignorant of the causes of things ; and rejected by others , whose perverse- ness ties them to the contrary opinion ; men whose envious pride will not allow any new thing for truth ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 177 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.