General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most Eminent Persons Of All Ages, Countries, Conditions And Professions, Arranged According To Alphabetical Order, Volume 9Robinson, 1814 - 644 pages |
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... tion to the articles already enumerated , he was the author of " Physica ScientiƦ Compen- dium , " 1671 , 8vo .; thirty - five " Sermons , " printed in several forms and at different times , and collected together in one volume folio ...
... tion to the articles already enumerated , he was the author of " Physica ScientiƦ Compen- dium , " 1671 , 8vo .; thirty - five " Sermons , " printed in several forms and at different times , and collected together in one volume folio ...
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... tion , since his principles were probably favour- able to monarchical rights . The work was circulated with great industry , and though composed in a pedantical and inflated strain , was thought so important , that the parliament of ...
... tion , since his principles were probably favour- able to monarchical rights . The work was circulated with great industry , and though composed in a pedantical and inflated strain , was thought so important , that the parliament of ...
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... tion of every age in which it has appeared . Tully mentions it has a thing scarcely credible in his own master in philosophy , Diodorus , " that he exercised himself in it with more assi- duity after he became blind ; and , what he ...
... tion of every age in which it has appeared . Tully mentions it has a thing scarcely credible in his own master in philosophy , Diodorus , " that he exercised himself in it with more assi- duity after he became blind ; and , what he ...
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... tion of his favourite pursuits . He died of a lethargic fever in 1737 , at the age of 78. His character was lively and impetuous , possessing a considerable degree of that noble independ- ence and loftiness of manner , which is apt to ...
... tion of his favourite pursuits . He died of a lethargic fever in 1737 , at the age of 78. His character was lively and impetuous , possessing a considerable degree of that noble independ- ence and loftiness of manner , which is apt to ...
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... tion of diseases according to their obvious symptoms , selecting the most important for the larger divisions , and the most peculiar for the specific distinctions , is regarded as a great improvement in nosology , since it leads to an ...
... tion of diseases according to their obvious symptoms , selecting the most important for the larger divisions , and the most peculiar for the specific distinctions , is regarded as a great improvement in nosology , since it leads to an ...
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