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Let there be light , said God ; and forthwith light Ethereal , first of things , quintessence pure , Sprung from the deep , and from her native east To journey through the airy gloom began . 2 . Fear and piety , Religion to the gods ...
Let there be light , said God ; and forthwith light Ethereal , first of things , quintessence pure , Sprung from the deep , and from her native east To journey through the airy gloom began . 2 . Fear and piety , Religion to the gods ...
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| Title | Philosophy of Language Encyc. metropolitana, etc: Pure sciences Encyclopędia metropolitana In Encyclopaedia metropolitana... 2nd., rev. 1st division: Pure sciences, London |
| Authors | John Stoddart, William Hazlitt |
| Editor | William Hazlitt |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | R. Griffin, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 303 pages |
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