A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain: Including the Works of Foreigners Written In, Or Translated Into the English Language, Volume 1 |
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Page 645 - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions ; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead, there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Page 507 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
Page 271 - A Brief | State of the Province of | Pennsylvania, | in which | the Conduct of their Assemblies for several | Years past is impartially examined, and the | true Cause of the continual Encroachments of | the French displayed, more especially the secret | Design of their late unwarrantable Invasion | and Settlement upon the River Ohio.
Page 223 - The Belman of London. Bringing to light the most notorious villanies that are now practised in the Kingdome.
Page 507 - CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending" the Elements of Botany, with their application to Agriculture.
Page 507 - ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY ; In which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained, and adapted to the comprehension of Young Persons.
Page 307 - The Capacity and Extent of the Human Understanding; exemplified in the extraordinary Case of Automathes, a young Nobleman, who was accidentally left in his Infancy upon a desolate Island, and continued Nineteen Years in that solitary State, separate from all Human Society.
Page 441 - On the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution. SOME WRITERS HAVE SO confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our...
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Page 705 - DREAMS, waking thoughts and incidents, in a series of letters from various parts of Europe.