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" Yet by some such fortuitous liquefaction was mankind taught to procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind; which might extend the sight of the philosopher... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 55
by Samuel Johnson - 1806
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The Decorator's assistant

458 pages
...procure a body, at once, in a high degree, solid and transparent; which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...charm him, at one time, with the unbounded extent of material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life ; and, what is of yet...
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The useful arts and manufactures of Great Britain

Great Britain - 1848 - 510 pages
...procure a body at once, in a high degree, solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind; which might...the unbounded extent of the material creation, and (2) A2 at another with the endless subordination of animal life ; and what is yet of more importance,...
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Curiosities of Glass Making: With Details of the Processes and Productions ...

Apsley Pellatt - 1849 - 192 pages
...procure a body, at once, in a high degree, solid and transparent; which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...charm him, at one time, with the unbounded extent of material creation, and at another, with the endless subordination of animal life ; and, what is of...
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Hogg's Instructor, Volumes 3-4

1849 - 896 pages
...procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent ; which might admit the light of the sun and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life; and, what is of yet...
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Tracts of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association, Issues 1-35

Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, England) - 1851 - 600 pages
...to produce a body, at onceiii a degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...and, what is yet of more importance, might supply the decay of nature and succour old age with subsidiary sight. Thus was the first artificer in glass employed,...
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The scientific and literary treasury

Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 880 pages
...might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might extend the ight of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, and...extent of the material creation, and at another with theendlcsssubordination of animal lite; and, what is yet of more importance, might supply the decays...
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Household Chemistry; Or, The Rudiments of the Science Applied to Every-day Life

Albert James Bernays - 1853 - 316 pages
...procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun and exclude the violence of the wind; which might...philosopher to new ranges of existence, and charm him, at on<^ time with the unbounded extent of the material creation, and at another with the endless subordination...
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Our home islands [by T. Milner, Volume 1

Thomas Milner - 1857 - 348 pages
...procure a body, at once, in a high degree, solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...charm him, at one time, with the unbounded extent of material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life; and what is of yet...
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Old Leaves: Gathered from Household Words

William Henry WILLS (Miscellaneous Writer.) - 1860 - 456 pages
...procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind: which might...one time with the unbounded extent of the material M2 creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life : and, what is yet of more...
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Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical: As Applied and ..., Volume 2

Sheridan Muspratt - 1853 - 310 pages
...procure a body, at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...charm him, at one time, with the unbounded extent of material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life; and what is of yet...
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