The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins, Late Lord Bishop of Chester: II. That it is probable our earth is one of the planetsVernor and Hood, 1802 |
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... whole habitable world , but they never passed the equinoctial || : and if you answer , that they are said to go through all the earth , because they went through all the known world ; he replies , That this is not sufficient , since ...
... whole habitable world , but they never passed the equinoctial || : and if you answer , that they are said to go through all the earth , because they went through all the known world ; he replies , That this is not sufficient , since ...
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... whole chapters . But now all the arguments which he himself urges in this subject , are very weak , and far enough from having in them any convincing power * . Therefore it is likely that a plurality of worlds doth not contradict any ...
... whole chapters . But now all the arguments which he himself urges in this subject , are very weak , and far enough from having in them any convincing power * . Therefore it is likely that a plurality of worlds doth not contradict any ...
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... whole heavens . So afterwards speaking of the great rain which drowned the world , he says , the win- dows of heaven were opened || , because it seemed to come with that violence , as if it were poured out from windows in the firmament ...
... whole heavens . So afterwards speaking of the great rain which drowned the world , he says , the win- dows of heaven were opened || , because it seemed to come with that violence , as if it were poured out from windows in the firmament ...
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... whole universe , as it implies in it * L . 2. in Gen. Ps . cxxxvi . 6 . † Hexamer lib . 2. Item Basil , Hom . 3. in Gen. Wisd . li . 4. xvii . 5 . Ecclus . xliii . 3 , 4. Com , in c . 1 Gen. the elementary and æthercal bodies , the ...
... whole universe , as it implies in it * L . 2. in Gen. Ps . cxxxvi . 6 . † Hexamer lib . 2. Item Basil , Hom . 3. in Gen. Wisd . li . 4. xvii . 5 . Ecclus . xliii . 3 , 4. Com , in c . 1 Gen. the elementary and æthercal bodies , the ...
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... whole frame of nature . For as the members of the body serve not only for the preservation of themselves , but for the use and conveniency of the whole , as the hand pro- tects the head as well as saves itself ; so is it in the parts of ...
... whole frame of nature . For as the members of the body serve not only for the preservation of themselves , but for the use and conveniency of the whole , as the hand pro- tects the head as well as saves itself ; so is it in the parts of ...
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