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Σελίδα 42
While others advocated the great elementary theory , which refers the
construction of our globe and all that it contains to the combinations of four
material elements , air , earth , fire , and water ; with the assistance of a fifth , an
immaterial and ...
While others advocated the great elementary theory , which refers the
construction of our globe and all that it contains to the combinations of four
material elements , air , earth , fire , and water ; with the assistance of a fifth , an
immaterial and ...
Σελίδα 43
To illustrate this last doctrine , Burnet , in his theory of the earth * , has favoured
us with an accurate drawing and description both of the form and texture of this
mundane egg ; which is found to bear a near resemblance to that of a goose .
To illustrate this last doctrine , Burnet , in his theory of the earth * , has favoured
us with an accurate drawing and description both of the form and texture of this
mundane egg ; which is found to bear a near resemblance to that of a goose .
Σελίδα 44
man fell down from heaven , and that a tortoise took her upon its back , because
every place was covered with water ; and , that the woman , sitting upon the
tortoise , paddled with her hands in the water , and raked up the earth , whence it
...
man fell down from heaven , and that a tortoise took her upon its back , because
every place was covered with water ; and , that the woman , sitting upon the
tortoise , paddled with her hands in the water , and raked up the earth , whence it
...
Σελίδα 120
Preparations were made to deposit the coffin into the earth . There was that
bustling stir which breaks so harshly on the feelings of grief and affection ;
directions given in the cold tones of business : the striking of spades into sand
and gravel ...
Preparations were made to deposit the coffin into the earth . There was that
bustling stir which breaks so harshly on the feelings of grief and affection ;
directions given in the cold tones of business : the striking of spades into sand
and gravel ...
Σελίδα 165
We see it drooping its branches to the earth , and shedding leaf by leaf ; until ,
wasted and perished away , it falls even in the stillness of the forest ; and , as we
muse over the beautiful ruin , we strive in vain to recollect the blast or thunderbolt
...
We see it drooping its branches to the earth , and shedding leaf by leaf ; until ,
wasted and perished away , it falls even in the stillness of the forest ; and , as we
muse over the beautiful ruin , we strive in vain to recollect the blast or thunderbolt
...
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