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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... less discernible . He never was eager pursuit of dignities ; but was advanced to them by his merit . He contemned riches as much as others admired them ; and spent his ecclesiastical reve- nues in the service of the church from which he ...
... less discernible . He never was eager pursuit of dignities ; but was advanced to them by his merit . He contemned riches as much as others admired them ; and spent his ecclesiastical reve- nues in the service of the church from which he ...
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... less note and learning , but believed also by the more famous and wiser sort ; such as were those great poets , Stesichorus and Pindar : and not only amongst the more sottish heathens , who might account that planet to be one of their ...
... less note and learning , but believed also by the more famous and wiser sort ; such as were those great poets , Stesichorus and Pindar : and not only amongst the more sottish heathens , who might account that planet to be one of their ...
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... beaten path , whereas the right way ( especially to hidden truths ) may be less trodden and more obscure . * Turinens . Episc . True indeed , the strangeness of this opinion will detract THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD .
... beaten path , whereas the right way ( especially to hidden truths ) may be less trodden and more obscure . * Turinens . Episc . True indeed , the strangeness of this opinion will detract THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD .
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... less he would laugh at all this , as being monstrous lies and fables , without any colour of truth . Just so will this truth which I now deliver appear unto others , because we never dreamt of any such matter as a world in the moon ; be ...
... less he would laugh at all this , as being monstrous lies and fables , without any colour of truth . Just so will this truth which I now deliver appear unto others , because we never dreamt of any such matter as a world in the moon ; be ...
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... less , and the refraction is made through a narrower medium . So on the contrary , she must be re- presented under a more dark and obscure form when she is eclipsed , being in her perige , or nearest to the earth ; because then she is ...
... less , and the refraction is made through a narrower medium . So on the contrary , she must be re- presented under a more dark and obscure form when she is eclipsed , being in her perige , or nearest to the earth ; because then she is ...
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