A Complete Refutation of Astrology: Consisting Principally of a Series of Letters, which Appeared in the Cheltenham Chronicle, in Reply to the Arguments of Lieut. Morrison and Others, in which Its Principles are Proved to be Unphilosophical ... : with Additional Remarks, Notices of the Royal Nativities, and an Introduction ... : Also Observations on the Weather Prophets, and Anecdotes of Several Astrologers |
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... folly ; and that he himself deserves this more than any other professor . Whether " William Ramsey , Gent . " had any real claims to this pre - eminence , perhaps , may be seen from the following quotation . Having shewn some of the ...
... folly ; and that he himself deserves this more than any other professor . Whether " William Ramsey , Gent . " had any real claims to this pre - eminence , perhaps , may be seen from the following quotation . Having shewn some of the ...
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... folly , and imagine it is not to be resisted . Walders stein , a learned German physician , is an extraordinary instance of a perverted imagination . He was accustomed to record his thoughts and feelings at the moment ; INTRODUCTION .
... folly , and imagine it is not to be resisted . Walders stein , a learned German physician , is an extraordinary instance of a perverted imagination . He was accustomed to record his thoughts and feelings at the moment ; INTRODUCTION .
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... folly ; it is therefore written , " Give not place unto the Devil . " The following remarks are from Mrs. Hannah More's Tawny Rachel : " Sally was ignorant and superstitious . She delighted in dream books , and had consulted all the ...
... folly ; it is therefore written , " Give not place unto the Devil . " The following remarks are from Mrs. Hannah More's Tawny Rachel : " Sally was ignorant and superstitious . She delighted in dream books , and had consulted all the ...
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... folly , unless pity for its victims suppressed the emotion . In the Free Press , October 31 , is an advertise- ment from the Gloucestershire Astrological Society , offering 1000l . to any person or persons , who 2 REFUTATION OF ASTROLOGY .
... folly , unless pity for its victims suppressed the emotion . In the Free Press , October 31 , is an advertise- ment from the Gloucestershire Astrological Society , offering 1000l . to any person or persons , who 2 REFUTATION OF ASTROLOGY .
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... folly . When we gaze upon the starry heavens , we are informed , that there the fates of men are written - there the destinies of nations are inscribed ; and , in connection with this subject , I shall select a paragraph from the ...
... folly . When we gaze upon the starry heavens , we are informed , that there the fates of men are written - there the destinies of nations are inscribed ; and , in connection with this subject , I shall select a paragraph from the ...
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Page 57 - O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Page 224 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Page 240 - For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Page 240 - Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty." "Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Page 239 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Page 227 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Page 168 - And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
Page 178 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 252 - Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Page 177 - They fought from heaven ; The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river of Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon.