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... given till the time of Harvey ; and no plausible claim to the dis- covery , still less to the demonstration , of the general circulation has ever been set up in opposition to his . In- deed , its truth was quite inconsistent with the ...
... given till the time of Harvey ; and no plausible claim to the dis- covery , still less to the demonstration , of the general circulation has ever been set up in opposition to his . In- deed , its truth was quite inconsistent with the ...
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... given or bequeathed to each of his four younger sons lands of the value of about 3007. per annum ; equivalent to perhaps three or four times the same nominal income now . Robert's patrimony consisted of some fields in the neighbourhood ...
... given or bequeathed to each of his four younger sons lands of the value of about 3007. per annum ; equivalent to perhaps three or four times the same nominal income now . Robert's patrimony consisted of some fields in the neighbourhood ...
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... given in the words of his biographer , the Rev. Mark Noble : - " They have a tradition at Huntingdon that when King Charles I. , then Duke of York , in his journey from Scotland to London , in 1604 , called in his way at Hinchinbrook ...
... given in the words of his biographer , the Rev. Mark Noble : - " They have a tradition at Huntingdon that when King Charles I. , then Duke of York , in his journey from Scotland to London , in 1604 , called in his way at Hinchinbrook ...
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... given by Dr. George Bate , who was Cromwell's physician , but had also previously held the same court- office under Charles I. , and was afterwards continued in it by Charles II . , having managed to acquire in succes- sion the favour ...
... given by Dr. George Bate , who was Cromwell's physician , but had also previously held the same court- office under Charles I. , and was afterwards continued in it by Charles II . , having managed to acquire in succes- sion the favour ...
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... given to the world by their authors , and the animus that is apparent in them , they are full of inconsistencies and inaccuracies , and can be convicted of falsehood almost as often as they descend to particulars . It may perhaps be ...
... given to the world by their authors , and the animus that is apparent in them , they are full of inconsistencies and inaccuracies , and can be convicted of falsehood almost as often as they descend to particulars . It may perhaps be ...
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Page 17 - Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And, by the vision splendid, Is on his way attended. At length the man perceives it die away And fade into the light of common day.
Page 40 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Page 71 - Nature, the art whereby God hath made and governs the world, is by the art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an artificial animal.
Page 39 - Truly England and the Church of God hath had a great favour from the Lord, in this great victory given unto us, such as the like never was since this war began. It had all the evidences of an absolute victory obtained by the Lord's blessing upon the Godly Party principally.
Page 136 - Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance, on the man who hastens home, because his countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapours away his patriotism in a private boarding-school.
Page 46 - And sends the fowls to us in care On daily visits through the air. He hangs in shades the orange bright Like...
Page 73 - A PISGAH SIGHT OF PALESTINE, AND THE CONFINES THEREOF; WITH THE HISTORY OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT ACTED THEREON.
Page 38 - The Naked Truth ; or the true state of the Primitive Church. By an humble Moderator.
Page 34 - I did so, and the result was — impute it to what you please — I raised such men as had the fear of God before them, as made some conscience of what they did ; and from that day forward, I must say to you, they were never beaten, and wherever they were engaged against the enemy, they beat continually.
Page 88 - Leviathan," which is now mightily called for; and what was heretofore sold for 8s. I now give 24s. for, at the second hand, and is sold for 30s., it being a book the Bishops will not let be printed again.