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, Volum 1C. Whittingham, 1802 |
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Side xiv
... mountains , deep vallies , and spacious plains in the body of the moon X. That there is an atmosphæra , or an orb of gross vapo- rous air , immediately compassing the body of the moon XI . That as their world is our moon , so our world ...
... mountains , deep vallies , and spacious plains in the body of the moon X. That there is an atmosphæra , or an orb of gross vapo- rous air , immediately compassing the body of the moon XI . That as their world is our moon , so our world ...
Side 6
... mountains hanging ? " What shall we think ( saith he in Plut . ) that men do cling to that place like worms , or hang by their claws as cats ? or if we sup- pose a man a little beyond the centre , to be digging with a spade , is it ...
... mountains hanging ? " What shall we think ( saith he in Plut . ) that men do cling to that place like worms , or hang by their claws as cats ? or if we sup- pose a man a little beyond the centre , to be digging with a spade , is it ...
Side 35
... mountains that are observed there , do cast a dark shadow behind them , as shall be shewed afterwards + . Since then the like interposition of them both , doth produce the like effect , they must necessarily be of the like natures ...
... mountains that are observed there , do cast a dark shadow behind them , as shall be shewed afterwards + . Since then the like interposition of them both , doth produce the like effect , they must necessarily be of the like natures ...
Side 43
... mountains , and ci- ties , and houses in it . To him assented Anaxagoras , De- mocritus , and Heraclides † ; all who thought it to have firm solid ground , like to our earth ; containing in it many large fields , champion grounds , and ...
... mountains , and ci- ties , and houses in it . To him assented Anaxagoras , De- mocritus , and Heraclides † ; all who thought it to have firm solid ground , like to our earth ; containing in it many large fields , champion grounds , and ...
Side 51
... mountains here below , represented there as in a looking- glass . But none of those fancies can be true , because the spots are still the same , and not varied according to the difference of places ; and besides , Cardan † thinks it is ...
... mountains here below , represented there as in a looking- glass . But none of those fancies can be true , because the spots are still the same , and not varied according to the difference of places ; and besides , Cardan † thinks it is ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 177 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.