 | Thomas More (st.) - 1743 - 182 pages
...much as entred into their Thoughts. They have a particular Sagacity, founded on much Obfervation, of judging of the Weather, by which they know when they..."Wind, or other Alterations in the Air: But as to the Philofophy of thofe Things, and theCaufes of the Saltnefs of the Sea, and of its ebbing and flowing,... | |
 | Thomas More (st.) - 1753 - 220 pages
...Stars. But for the Cheat, of divining by the Stars, by their Oppofitions or Conjunctions, it has not fo much as entered into their Thoughts. They have a particular Sagacity, founded upon much Obfervation, in judging of the Weather, by which they know when they may look for Rain, Wind, or other... | |
 | Ferdinando Warner - 1758 - 418 pages
...much as entered into their thoughts. They have a particular fagacity, founded upon much obfervation, in judging of the weather ; by which they know when...wind, or other alterations in the air. But as to the philofophy of thefe things ; the caufes of the faltnefs of the fea, of its ebbing and flowing ; and... | |
 | Saint Thomas More - 1841 - 372 pages
...course and positions of the sun, moon, and stars. But as for the cheat of divining by the stars, and by their oppositions or conjunctions, it has not so...they know when they may look for rain, wind, or other changes in the atmosphere. But as to the philosophy of these things; the causes of the saltness of... | |
 | Thomas More (st.) - 1845 - 358 pages
...the course and positions of the sun, moon, and stars. But for the cheat of divining by the stars, and by their oppositions or conjunctions, it has not so much as entered into their thoughts. 131 They have a particular sagacity, 151 All strong minds have spumed astrology as, what Sir Thomas... | |
 | Saint Thomas More - 1845 - 356 pages
...the course and positions of the sun, moon, and stars. But for the cheat of divining by the stars, and by their oppositions or conjunctions, it has not so much as entered into their thoughts.131 They have a particular sagacity, 131 All strong minds have spurned astrology as, what... | |
 | Sir Thomas More (Saint) - 1852 - 348 pages
...the course and positions of the sun, moon, and stars. But for the cheat of divining by the stars, and by their oppositions or conjunctions, it has not so much as entered into their thoughts. 131 They have a particular sagacity, 131 All strong minds have spurned astrology as, what Sir Thomas... | |
 | 1901 - 344 pages
...learning and studies; for though there are but few in any town that are so wholly excused from labor as to give themselves entirely up to their studies,...of the sea, of its ebbing and flowing, and of the origin and nature both of the heavens and the earth; they dispute of them, partly as our ancient philosophers... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 396 pages
...learning and studies ; for though there are but few in any town that are so wholly excused from labor as to give themselves entirely up to their studies...of the sea, of its ebbing and flowing, and of the origin and nature both of the heavens and the earth, they dispute of them partly as our ancient philosophers... | |
 | CHARLES M. ANDREWS, PhD - 1901 - 376 pages
...yet their children, and a great part of the nation, both men and women, are taught to spend ti1ose hours in which they are not obliged to work in reading:...of the sea, of its ebbing and flowing, and of the origin and nature both of the heavens and the earth; they dispute of them, partly as our ancient philosophers... | |
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But as they are almost in everything equal to the ancient philosophers, so they far exceed our modern logicians; for they have never yet fallen upon the barbarous niceties that our youth are forced to learn in those trifling logical schools that are among... 
