The Present State of the Republick of Letters. ...William and John Innys, at the West End of St. Paul's., 1731 - Bibliography |
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... fome Pages , and particularly fhews how abfolutely neceffary it is that an Hiftorian be impartial and difinterested ; and concludes this Topick by ob- ferving , how difficult it is to arrive to this Per- A 2 fection fection in History ...
... fome Pages , and particularly fhews how abfolutely neceffary it is that an Hiftorian be impartial and difinterested ; and concludes this Topick by ob- ferving , how difficult it is to arrive to this Per- A 2 fection fection in History ...
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... fome farther In- ftances ( additional to thofe in his firft Part ) of the Mistakes of several great Scholars , who have cenfured many Paffages and Ways of Expreffion as Hebraifms , depreciating , in their Opinion , the Value and Purity ...
... fome farther In- ftances ( additional to thofe in his firft Part ) of the Mistakes of several great Scholars , who have cenfured many Paffages and Ways of Expreffion as Hebraifms , depreciating , in their Opinion , the Value and Purity ...
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... fome Polite Criticks who have cenfur'd the Fathers of the Church for impure Greek , and faulty Repetitions : And defends the Style , and the Propriety of Language of the Evangelifts St. Matthew , St. Mark , and St. John , against the ...
... fome Polite Criticks who have cenfur'd the Fathers of the Church for impure Greek , and faulty Repetitions : And defends the Style , and the Propriety of Language of the Evangelifts St. Matthew , St. Mark , and St. John , against the ...
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... fome very fignifi- cant Proverbs , beautiful Morals , and emphatical ftrong Expreffions , which are found both in the beft foreign Clafficks , and the infpired ones ; but generally with much more Advantage in the latter , both with ...
... fome very fignifi- cant Proverbs , beautiful Morals , and emphatical ftrong Expreffions , which are found both in the beft foreign Clafficks , and the infpired ones ; but generally with much more Advantage in the latter , both with ...
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... fome of the Pleasure and Advantages of their Studies , by reading Books fo unnaturally divided . That generally when the Chapter and Verse ends , the Reader's Atten- tion ends with them ; he makes an unfeasonable Paufe , and often lofes ...
... fome of the Pleasure and Advantages of their Studies , by reading Books fo unnaturally divided . That generally when the Chapter and Verse ends , the Reader's Atten- tion ends with them ; he makes an unfeasonable Paufe , and often lofes ...
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Page 254 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 233 - But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Page 190 - ... 14 And that which fell among thorns, are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Page 159 - Cairo, &c. with an Account of the Author's being taken Captive, the Turks' Cruelty to him, and of his Escape.
Page 411 - Paraphrafes upon the Whole, or any Part thereof and the Authors of the fame. As alfo An ample Chronological Table of the Hiftory of the Bible, a Jewijh Calendar, Tables of all the Hebrew Coins, Weights, and Meafures, reduced to our own.
Page 251 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in us because he hath given us of his spirit.
Page 353 - Royal Genealogies, or the Genealogical Tables of Emperors, Kings and Princes, from Adam to these times...
Page 155 - ... excited by rubbing. I then held the feather over against the flat end of the cork, which attracted and repelled many times together, at which I was much surprised and concluded that there was certainly an attractive virtue communicated to the cork by the excited tube.
Page 251 - If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel which ye have heard," and which was' preached to every creature under heaven.
Page 4 - A description of the city: an account of the religion, civil government, and art of war.