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 |
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A. When bodies are bent by external force , the pores of the convex fide are
enlarg'd , and those of the concave ftreighten'd . When therefore the subtle matter
, which with great velocity is ever running thro the pores of bodies , enters the ...
A. When bodies are bent by external force , the pores of the convex fide are
enlarg'd , and those of the concave ftreighten'd . When therefore the subtle matter
, which with great velocity is ever running thro the pores of bodies , enters the ...
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But you , infpir'd with a diviner sense , Triumph in knowledge , and scorn
impotence . re learned , witty , wife , since ye fo well The glories of all humanaets
can tell , Inform me , if misfortunes can controul , And force despair upon a valiant
foul ?
But you , infpir'd with a diviner sense , Triumph in knowledge , and scorn
impotence . re learned , witty , wife , since ye fo well The glories of all humanaets
can tell , Inform me , if misfortunes can controul , And force despair upon a valiant
foul ?
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Strange force of water in a fair one's eye , To raise a Lover's fame , which makes
all others dice To the God of LOVE . Mbition , rage , our warmest passions ceafe ,
From all but love we can règain our eale . A disappointment may abate their Bre ...
Strange force of water in a fair one's eye , To raise a Lover's fame , which makes
all others dice To the God of LOVE . Mbition , rage , our warmest passions ceafe ,
From all but love we can règain our eale . A disappointment may abate their Bre ...
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... and all the force of the spirits flowing through the nerves hath quite ceased ,
that the spirits implanted in the body will for some small time move 5 tra cat we
and shake the muscles , and force them into a 1 and The BRITISH APOLLO . 215
24 .
... and all the force of the spirits flowing through the nerves hath quite ceased ,
that the spirits implanted in the body will for some small time move 5 tra cat we
and shake the muscles , and force them into a 1 and The BRITISH APOLLO . 215
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Page 293
... and cannot force you to marry another without first making satisfaction to the
Lady . Q. The publick news acquaint us with an ifand sprung up in the
Archipelago by a subterraneous Vulcano . Pray how can such an effect be solv'd ,
since how ...
... and cannot force you to marry another without first making satisfaction to the
Lady . Q. The publick news acquaint us with an ifand sprung up in the
Archipelago by a subterraneous Vulcano . Pray how can such an effect be solv'd ,
since how ...
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| Title | 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 1 of The British Apollo: In Three Volumes, 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 |
| Illustrated by | J. Clark |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Theodore Sanders, at the Bell in Little Britain, and Sold, 1726 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 May 2007 |
| Length | 1056 pages |
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