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Page 96
... swell and overflow , so as , under colour of mitigating the rigour of the law , to break its strength and relax its sinews , by drawing everything to be a matter of discretion . APHORISM 44 . Let not the Prætorian Courts have authority ...
... swell and overflow , so as , under colour of mitigating the rigour of the law , to break its strength and relax its sinews , by drawing everything to be a matter of discretion . APHORISM 44 . Let not the Prætorian Courts have authority ...
Page 141
... swelling or expansion of the contiguous air ? The generations of the winds are not only original , but also accidental ; that is , arising from the compressions , percus- sions , and repercussions of the air . 9. Inquire into these ...
... swelling or expansion of the contiguous air ? The generations of the winds are not only original , but also accidental ; that is , arising from the compressions , percus- sions , and repercussions of the air . 9. Inquire into these ...
Page 160
... swell exceedingly . This would appear to be owing to some subterraneous blast . 6. It requires a great force of subterraneous air to shake or cleave the earth , but a less to raise the water . Hence it is that earthquakes are uncommon ...
... swell exceedingly . This would appear to be owing to some subterraneous blast . 6. It requires a great force of subterraneous air to shake or cleave the earth , but a less to raise the water . Hence it is that earthquakes are uncommon ...
Page 161
... swell before storms . 8. The thin subterraneous air which escapes at different spots is not perceived on land till ... swelling of the waters , by reason of their continuity . 9. It has been before observed that hollow and cavernous ...
... swell before storms . 8. The thin subterraneous air which escapes at different spots is not perceived on land till ... swelling of the waters , by reason of their continuity . 9. It has been before observed that hollow and cavernous ...
Page 163
... being united to the former air , can no longer be confined within the same limits as before , but swells and rolls onwards and oc- 1 Pliny , ubi surpà . cupies a larger space . But here we must assume M 2 " HISTORIA VENTORUM . " 163.
... being united to the former air , can no longer be confined within the same limits as before , but swells and rolls onwards and oc- 1 Pliny , ubi surpà . cupies a larger space . But here we must assume M 2 " HISTORIA VENTORUM . " 163.
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