The Works of Francis Bacon ...J. Cundee, 1803 |
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... kind were ranged under the following heads ; or , if these be insufficient , under others of the same general kind ; that their doctrine might be drawn out , better acquaintance cultivated with the subject . This would be making that ...
... kind were ranged under the following heads ; or , if these be insufficient , under others of the same general kind ; that their doctrine might be drawn out , better acquaintance cultivated with the subject . This would be making that ...
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... kind of phœ- nomena which we willingly admit and receive ; in defect of a sufficient stock of direct ones . It is a certain fact , that there blows a constant , manifest breeze between the tropics ; but the cause thereof is doubtful ...
... kind of phœ- nomena which we willingly admit and receive ; in defect of a sufficient stock of direct ones . It is a certain fact , that there blows a constant , manifest breeze between the tropics ; but the cause thereof is doubtful ...
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... Their violent effectsare , such as the blowing down of trees , which , being over - loaded with their own tops , afford a kind of sails for their own Subversion . So likewise they may overturn houses , that are slightly 46.
... Their violent effectsare , such as the blowing down of trees , which , being over - loaded with their own tops , afford a kind of sails for their own Subversion . So likewise they may overturn houses , that are slightly 46.
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... kind of apparel thrown into them , a great height into the air . There are certain holes , in a rocky cliff at Aber Barry , near the Severn , in Wales , whereto * Sect . V. if the ear be applied , various sounds and mur- E 2 51.
... kind of apparel thrown into them , a great height into the air . There are certain holes , in a rocky cliff at Aber Barry , near the Severn , in Wales , whereto * Sect . V. if the ear be applied , various sounds and mur- E 2 51.
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... kind . And so much for the first local origin of winds ; viz . from subterraneal causes . We come next to their second origin , or that from above ; viz . the middle region of the air , as it is called , 2. Let it not be supposed we any ...
... kind . And so much for the first local origin of winds ; viz . from subterraneal causes . We come next to their second origin , or that from above ; viz . the middle region of the air , as it is called , 2. Let it not be supposed we any ...
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