Pseudodoxia epidemica, books 4-7. The garden of Cyrus. Hydriotaphia. Brampton urnsW. Pickering, 1835 |
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... ariseth from a constant root in nature , we might expect the same in other animals , whose parts are also differenced by dextrality : wherein notwithstanding we can- not discover a distinct and complying account ; for we find not that ...
... ariseth from a constant root in nature , we might expect the same in other animals , whose parts are also differenced by dextrality : wherein notwithstanding we can- not discover a distinct and complying account ; for we find not that ...
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... ariseth an equality in both , or prevalency in either side . And so may it be made out , what many may wonder at , why some most actively use the contrary arm and leg ; for the vigour of the one dependeth upon the upper part of the ...
... ariseth an equality in both , or prevalency in either side . And so may it be made out , what many may wonder at , why some most actively use the contrary arm and leg ; for the vigour of the one dependeth upon the upper part of the ...
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... ariseth not from seven times seven , that is , forty - nine , but was observed the fiftieth year , as is expressed , “ And you shall hallow the fiftieth year , a jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you . " Answerable whereto is the ...
... ariseth not from seven times seven , that is , forty - nine , but was observed the fiftieth year , as is expressed , “ And you shall hallow the fiftieth year , a jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you . " Answerable whereto is the ...
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... ariseth in the constellation ; which notwithstanding , to speak strictly , it is not ; unless we except one of the third magnitude in the right paw , in his own and our elevation , and two more on his head in and beyond the degree of ...
... ariseth in the constellation ; which notwithstanding , to speak strictly , it is not ; unless we except one of the third magnitude in the right paw , in his own and our elevation , and two more on his head in and beyond the degree of ...
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... ariseth together with the sun , or the same degree of the ecliptick wherein the sun abideth ; 1 Dion . ] Itt is Dius , not Dion - .Wr . and that the heliacal , when a star which before 72 [ BOOK IV . ENQUIRIES INTO VULGAR.
... ariseth together with the sun , or the same degree of the ecliptick wherein the sun abideth ; 1 Dion . ] Itt is Dius , not Dion - .Wr . and that the heliacal , when a star which before 72 [ BOOK IV . ENQUIRIES INTO VULGAR.
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