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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... observed , not with- out some wonder , that in an age when calumny is become a traffick , and official dignity is thought to be synonymous with guilt , it has been your peculiar felicity to stand uncensured , as if you were sus- pected ...
... observed , not with- out some wonder , that in an age when calumny is become a traffick , and official dignity is thought to be synonymous with guilt , it has been your peculiar felicity to stand uncensured , as if you were sus- pected ...
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... disquisitions of solid learn- ing . However , I had the satisfaction to find , after waiting for several years , that al- though some observations have been offered to me , of which I shall speak hereafter , B 2 to Introduction .
... disquisitions of solid learn- ing . However , I had the satisfaction to find , after waiting for several years , that al- though some observations have been offered to me , of which I shall speak hereafter , B 2 to Introduction .
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... observed very early in life , from a few obvious examples , that great effects are produced in Nature by the action of the ele- ments on one another , I was so much encou- raged by the apparent usefulness of this prin- ciple , and so ...
... observed very early in life , from a few obvious examples , that great effects are produced in Nature by the action of the ele- ments on one another , I was so much encou- raged by the apparent usefulness of this prin- ciple , and so ...
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... observation , that the presence of resist ing Matter was , under certain circumstances , not an obstruction , but even necessary in itself to preserve in bodies an undecaying motion . 2. To shew , that , so far as unme- chanical causes ...
... observation , that the presence of resist ing Matter was , under certain circumstances , not an obstruction , but even necessary in itself to preserve in bodies an undecaying motion . 2. To shew , that , so far as unme- chanical causes ...
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... observations on the fables of the ancients , and applies them for the most part according to their true physical ' intention : but he intermixes rather more of the moral than was intended by the fabrica- C 4 . tors tors of mythological ...
... observations on the fables of the ancients , and applies them for the most part according to their true physical ' intention : but he intermixes rather more of the moral than was intended by the fabrica- C 4 . tors tors of mythological ...
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