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... nature of the sun . Some of the ancient philosophers have affirmed that it is a vast wheel of bril- liant fire ; others that it is merely a mirror or sphere of trans- parent crystal ; and a third class , at the head of whom stands ...
... nature of the sun . Some of the ancient philosophers have affirmed that it is a vast wheel of bril- liant fire ; others that it is merely a mirror or sphere of trans- parent crystal ; and a third class , at the head of whom stands ...
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... nature often refuses to second his most profound and elaborate efforts ; so that after having invented one of the most ingenious and natural theories imaginable , she will have the perverseness to act directly in the teeth of his system ...
... nature often refuses to second his most profound and elaborate efforts ; so that after having invented one of the most ingenious and natural theories imaginable , she will have the perverseness to act directly in the teeth of his system ...
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... nature , and the principles both of music and morals . † Other sages adhered to the mathematical system of squares and triangles ; the cube , the pyramid , and the sphere ; the tetrahedron , the octahedron , the icosahedron , and the ...
... nature , and the principles both of music and morals . † Other sages adhered to the mathematical system of squares and triangles ; the cube , the pyramid , and the sphere ; the tetrahedron , the octahedron , the icosahedron , and the ...
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... nature than are wrought in a panto- mimic exhibition , by the wonder - working sword of Harlequin . Should one of our modern sages , in his theoretical flights among the stars , ever find himself lost in the clouds , and in danger of ...
... nature than are wrought in a panto- mimic exhibition , by the wonder - working sword of Harlequin . Should one of our modern sages , in his theoretical flights among the stars , ever find himself lost in the clouds , and in danger of ...
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... nature of my plan will not permit me to gratify the laudable curiosity of my readers , by investigating minutely the history of the great Noah . Indeed , such an undertaking would be attended with more trouble than many people would ...
... nature of my plan will not permit me to gratify the laudable curiosity of my readers , by investigating minutely the history of the great Noah . Indeed , such an undertaking would be attended with more trouble than many people would ...
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