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... Paris . This office he held till the Revolution , when he became Professor of Natural History , and also entered upon a political career , in which he rose to be a senator in 1799 , a minister of state in 1809 , and , after the return ...
... Paris . This office he held till the Revolution , when he became Professor of Natural History , and also entered upon a political career , in which he rose to be a senator in 1799 , a minister of state in 1809 , and , after the return ...
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... Paris , where he attended the practice of Corvisart , to whom the medical pro- fession is mainly indebted for the introduction of percussion in the investigation of diseases of the chest , although the original discovery is due to ...
... Paris , where he attended the practice of Corvisart , to whom the medical pro- fession is mainly indebted for the introduction of percussion in the investigation of diseases of the chest , although the original discovery is due to ...
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... Paris , and suc- ceeded him in business in 1809. He soon rose to great wealth and a European reputation . He was made President of the Chamber of Commerce , and in 1814 governor of the Bank of France . On the LA'GOMYS , a genus of ...
... Paris , and suc- ceeded him in business in 1809. He soon rose to great wealth and a European reputation . He was made President of the Chamber of Commerce , and in 1814 governor of the Bank of France . On the LA'GOMYS , a genus of ...
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... Paris , 1764 - a new and augmented edition in 4 vols . Paris , 1771-1781 ) . He also published minor works on astronomy , navigation , & c . , and an account of his travels in Italy during 1765 and 1766 ( 9 vols . Paris , 1786 ) ...
... Paris , 1764 - a new and augmented edition in 4 vols . Paris , 1771-1781 ) . He also published minor works on astronomy , navigation , & c . , and an account of his travels in Italy during 1765 and 1766 ( 9 vols . Paris , 1786 ) ...
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... Paris , 1815-1822 ; 2d edition by Deshayes and Milne - Edwards , Paris , 1835 , & c . ) . In his Philosophie Zoologique ( 2 vols . Paris , 1809 ) , and some other works , he indulged in extremely speculative views , some of which ...
... Paris , 1815-1822 ; 2d edition by Deshayes and Milne - Edwards , Paris , 1835 , & c . ) . In his Philosophie Zoologique ( 2 vols . Paris , 1809 ) , and some other works , he indulged in extremely speculative views , some of which ...
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Page 56 - I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...
Page 51 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 185 - Worthy Receivers outwardly partaking of the visible Elements in this Sacrament, do then also inwardly by Faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but .spiritually, receive and feed upon Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death...
Page 161 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 56 - tis all one ; And when we can, with metre safe, We'll call him so ; if not, plain Ralph : (For rhyme the rudder is of verses, With which, like ships, they steer their courses) j An equal stock of wit and valour He had laid in, by birth a tailor.
Page 347 - United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England...
Page 112 - is a definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external coexistences and sequences.
Page 185 - Sacrament, do then also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but spiritually, receive and feed upon Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death: the body and blood of Christ being then not corporally or carnally in, with, or under the bread and wine; yet as really, but spiritually, present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves are to their outward senses.
Page 184 - The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper, only after a heavenly and spiritual manner.
Page 159 - I can discover the powers thereof, how far they reach, to what things they are in any degree proportionate, and where they fail us, I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities.