The British Apollo: Containing Two Thousand Answers to Curious Questions in Most Arts and Sciences, Serious, Comical, and Humorous, Approved of by Many of the Most Learned and Ingenious of Both Universities, and of the Royal-Society, Volume 1T. Sanders, 1726 - 336 pages |
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... blood appear ; No factious , heats disturb thy downy case , No hoarse reports of civil broils displease : But taught by thee , the sed lous muse shall write On fertil themes of wonder and delight . Her soothing Atraios shall am'rous ...
... blood appear ; No factious , heats disturb thy downy case , No hoarse reports of civil broils displease : But taught by thee , the sed lous muse shall write On fertil themes of wonder and delight . Her soothing Atraios shall am'rous ...
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... blood , which is transmitted thro ' the proper arteries , from the heart , to the glands of the eyes from whence ( there separated from the blood ) they are distilld in Imall drops , thro ' several minute pores , and gushing violently ...
... blood , which is transmitted thro ' the proper arteries , from the heart , to the glands of the eyes from whence ( there separated from the blood ) they are distilld in Imall drops , thro ' several minute pores , and gushing violently ...
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... blood , and mixeth it self with the ferum , so that when urine is excreted , the ful . phureous particles are discharged , and yield a grateful smell . Q. Your opinion is defir'd , whether or no it is lawful for a person to wear a wigg ...
... blood , and mixeth it self with the ferum , so that when urine is excreted , the ful . phureous particles are discharged , and yield a grateful smell . Q. Your opinion is defir'd , whether or no it is lawful for a person to wear a wigg ...
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... blood , irritating the tender fibres of the heart to discharge the troublefome guefts of the ill particles of the blood , which are curable by proper medicines , Q. Whether by the two lovers in the Canticles , or Solomon's Song , were ...
... blood , irritating the tender fibres of the heart to discharge the troublefome guefts of the ill particles of the blood , which are curable by proper medicines , Q. Whether by the two lovers in the Canticles , or Solomon's Song , were ...
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... blood , rendring it too thick , cold and clammy , whereupon , from the over - cooling of the blood , proceed coughs , catarrhs , donc . Q. What is the cause of springinefs in elastick bodies ? A. When bodies are bent by external force ...
... blood , rendring it too thick , cold and clammy , whereupon , from the over - cooling of the blood , proceed coughs , catarrhs , donc . Q. What is the cause of springinefs in elastick bodies ? A. When bodies are bent by external force ...
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Page 101 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 328 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power ; for thou haft created all things, and for thy pleafure they are, and were created.
Page 58 - And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Page 105 - The Spirit of the LORD GOD is upon Me, becaufe the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek : He hath fent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prifon to them that are bound...
Page 210 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Page iii - Containing Two Thousand Answers to Curious Questions In Most Arts and Sciences, Serious, Comical, and Humorous: Approved of by many of the most Learned and Ingenious of both Universities, and of the Royal Society. Perform'd by a Society of Gentlemen.
Page 249 - Hereby perceive we the love of God, becaufe he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Page 106 - It may not improperly be derived from a memorable transaction happening between the Romans and Sabines, mentioned by Dionysius, which was thus : the Romans, about the infancy of the city, wanting wives, and finding they could not obtain the neighbouring women by their peaceable addresses, resolved to make use of a stratagem ; and, accordingly, Romulus...
Page 234 - However, to their eternal honor be it spoken, they have often been known to encounter a sort of cannibals, to whose assaults they are often subject, not fictitious, but real man-eaters, and that with a lance but two inches long; nay, and although they go armed no further than their middle finger.
Page 234 - ... carried in the other hand, all which they bore with a philosophical resignation. Thus, eight not being able to deal with one woman, by consequence could not make a man, on which account a ninth is added.