 | 1792 - 822 страници
...itfclf fubfill more than eighteen hours : and I think there wasfome foundation for that opinion, fincc, by the apparent motion of the great luminary, that...to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined confiderably towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it mull then finifh. its courfe,—... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 324 страници
...fubfift " more than eighteen hours : and I think there " was fome foundation for that opinion ; fince, " by the apparent motion of the great luminary, " that...to all nature, and which in my " time has evidently declined towards the ocean " at the end of our earth, it muft then finifh its " courfe, be extinguimed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 282 страници
...more than •" eighteen hours : and I think there " \\as fome foundation for that opinion ; *' fince, by the apparent motion of the " great luminary, that...gives life to all " nature, and which in my time has evi" dently 30 ESSAYS. " dently declined confiderably towards the " ocean at the end of our earth,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 страници
...before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for...to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 590 страници
...before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours: and I think there was some foundation for that...to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably 'towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 страници
...itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opin-' ion ; since, by the apparent motion of the great luminary,...to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 страници
...not itself subsist " more than eighteen hours : and I think there " was sonic foundation for their opinion, since, " by the apparent motion of the great...to all nature, and which in my " time has evidently declined considerably to" wards the ocean, at the end of our earth, it " must then finish its course,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 190 страници
...long before my time, that this vast world the Moulin /c/y could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for...to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 196 страници
...long before my time, that this vast world the Moulin Jo/ycould not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for...to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 страници
...before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joli, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for...to all nature, and which, in my time, has evidently declined considerably towards the ocean at the end of the earth, it must then finish its course, be... | |
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the opinion of learned philosophers of our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opinion; since, by... 
