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... light striking upon this membrane , the sensation is con- veyed by the optic nerves to the common sensorium . These nerves . do not enter at the middle of the bottom of the eyes , but nearer the nose ; for those rays of light being ...
... light striking upon this membrane , the sensation is con- veyed by the optic nerves to the common sensorium . These nerves . do not enter at the middle of the bottom of the eyes , but nearer the nose ; for those rays of light being ...
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... light enter at the pupil of the eye , and proceed to the retina , or optic nerve , which is situated at the back part of the eye- ball ; and there they describe the figure , colour , and ( excepting size ) form a perfect representation ...
... light enter at the pupil of the eye , and proceed to the retina , or optic nerve , which is situated at the back part of the eye- ball ; and there they describe the figure , colour , and ( excepting size ) form a perfect representation ...
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... light ; The fourth to secret lovers gives the law ; The fifth keeps time in moving either jaw ; The sixth , by turns , pourtrays our pride or sight ; The seventh asserts to melody a right : To wake the soul with feelings fit for kings ...
... light ; The fourth to secret lovers gives the law ; The fifth keeps time in moving either jaw ; The sixth , by turns , pourtrays our pride or sight ; The seventh asserts to melody a right : To wake the soul with feelings fit for kings ...
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... light , may move freely in them . " The Brain . From the preceding observations it most evidently appears , that the nerves are all connected with the brain , which will naturally lead us in the next place to consider that gland ...
... light , may move freely in them . " The Brain . From the preceding observations it most evidently appears , that the nerves are all connected with the brain , which will naturally lead us in the next place to consider that gland ...
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... light as air Are , to the jealous , confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ . Dr. Cogan . SHAKSPEARE . Jealousy is a species of envy , arising from a thought that there is a preference given to another person in the love and ...
... light as air Are , to the jealous , confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ . Dr. Cogan . SHAKSPEARE . Jealousy is a species of envy , arising from a thought that there is a preference given to another person in the love and ...
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Page 198 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 466 - Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat : this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them : and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
Page 181 - Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature ; for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers ; all things were created by him, and for him; and he is before all things, and by him all things consist...
Page 218 - Jesus ; that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Page 197 - Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault ? for who hath resisted his will ? Nay but, 0 man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour ? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction...
Page 193 - But. not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead ; much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 317 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 289 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles.
Page 196 - Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Page 315 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?