The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: In Twelve Volumes : to which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings, Volumen9F. and C. Rivington, 1801 |
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... light and opportunity ; and to examine , to the utmost of my ability , whether the same powers which obtain so evi- dently in some cases , might not be extended with advantage to others that all philosophy might be reduced to one simple ...
... light and opportunity ; and to examine , to the utmost of my ability , whether the same powers which obtain so evi- dently in some cases , might not be extended with advantage to others that all philosophy might be reduced to one simple ...
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... light , and , with inde- fatigable industry and sagacity , discovered certain constant and regular effects , to which he gave the names of Attraction and Repul- sion , and , by the most profound skill in Geometry , demonstrated the ...
... light , and , with inde- fatigable industry and sagacity , discovered certain constant and regular effects , to which he gave the names of Attraction and Repul- sion , and , by the most profound skill in Geometry , demonstrated the ...
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... light : he paid dearer for wit than most men , and ne- ver found it at last . Lord Bacon was the first who attempted to rescue the learned from the bondage of system , and recall them from abstract reason- ings to experiments . He threw ...
... light : he paid dearer for wit than most men , and ne- ver found it at last . Lord Bacon was the first who attempted to rescue the learned from the bondage of system , and recall them from abstract reason- ings to experiments . He threw ...
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... their proper offices in nature . I have long foreseen ( or feared I did ) that whensoever this should come to pass , the light of Chris- tianity , VOL . IX . D tianity , with all the warnings and threaten- ings of Introduction . 33.
... their proper offices in nature . I have long foreseen ( or feared I did ) that whensoever this should come to pass , the light of Chris- tianity , VOL . IX . D tianity , with all the warnings and threaten- ings of Introduction . 33.
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... light . Things remote from common observation are at first indistinctly seen , like the remote objects in a prospect . We are in doubt whether they are hills or clouds which appear in the skirts of f of the horizon ; but when we draw ...
... light . Things remote from common observation are at first indistinctly seen , like the remote objects in a prospect . We are in doubt whether they are hills or clouds which appear in the skirts of f of the horizon ; but when we draw ...
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