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... and by that means thou mayest defer and prolong thy natural life through the rules of astronomy and the help of the physician . " Stukeley studied astrology , and in this volume , pp . 90-93 , the reader will find viii . PREFACE .
... and by that means thou mayest defer and prolong thy natural life through the rules of astronomy and the help of the physician . " Stukeley studied astrology , and in this volume , pp . 90-93 , the reader will find viii . PREFACE .
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... nature would prevail against all obstacle . My Grandfather dyd at Uffington May 1675 , aged 52 y . 4 months , & was buryed in the Quire by my Grandmother . His widow lived afterwards at Westminster to the time of her Death . She was ...
... nature would prevail against all obstacle . My Grandfather dyd at Uffington May 1675 , aged 52 y . 4 months , & was buryed in the Quire by my Grandmother . His widow lived afterwards at Westminster to the time of her Death . She was ...
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... natural inclination for planting & improvement upon the Estate derived from his Fa as looking upon it one day to be his own . He sett most of the young wood now about the house & all the Quick hedges , several Rows & Walks of Ash trees ...
... natural inclination for planting & improvement upon the Estate derived from his Fa as looking upon it one day to be his own . He sett most of the young wood now about the house & all the Quick hedges , several Rows & Walks of Ash trees ...
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... natural Inclination that way , & I was ever after endeavoring to divert myself in it , & generally carryed the bell from my Cotemporary Imitators . He dyd some years after and was buryed in the churchyard of Hol- bech , in the north ...
... natural Inclination that way , & I was ever after endeavoring to divert myself in it , & generally carryed the bell from my Cotemporary Imitators . He dyd some years after and was buryed in the churchyard of Hol- bech , in the north ...
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... Nature . The variety of ascents , the fine Prospect , gave me a satisfaction I was an utter stranger to before , & I fancyd myself in an enchanted world . Whilst we stayd there I was strangly delighted with a brook that ran before my ...
... Nature . The variety of ascents , the fine Prospect , gave me a satisfaction I was an utter stranger to before , & I fancyd myself in an enchanted world . Whilst we stayd there I was strangly delighted with a brook that ran before my ...
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Page 419 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Page 149 - a bold insolent man, with a very small measure of religion, virtue, learning, or good sense ; but he resolved to force himself into popularity and preferment, by the most petulant railings at dissenters and low churchmen, in several sermons and libels, written without either chasteness of style or liveliness of expression.
Page 55 - And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly : the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
Page 166 - May 1731, he married Lady Elizabeth Lee, daughter of the Earl of Lichfield, and widow of Colonel Lee.
Page 169 - OPINION OF DR. STUKELEY. Oct. 9, 1722. " He is making searches about the Roman ways. He is a very fancifull man, and the things he hath publish'd are built upon fancy. He is looked upon as a man of no great authority, and his reputation dwindles every day, as I have learned from very good hands.
Page 313 - In 1721 he accompanied Dr. Sherrard to England, where he spent the remainder of his days. Soon after his arrival he undertook a new edition of " Ray's Synopsis ;" and was appointed the first botanical professor at Oxford on Sherrard's foundation. He wrote " Hortus Elthamensis
Page 62 - Jan. 6, 1721. I was made a Freemason at the Salutation Tav., Tavistock Street, with Mr. Collins, Capt. Rowe who made the famous diving Engine. The Directors late paramount, now despoil'd &c. Mr. Kemps antiquitys sold. Jan. 26. Mr. Le Neve Norroy & I took some transcriptions out of Domesday book.