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 AstrologersW. Wight, 1838 - 279 pàgines |
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Pàgina iii
... stars influences the career and habits of mortals , and regulates every thing that transpires on our globe . When these vain chimeras are received and cherished , and when it is believed that the laws of this con- nexion have for ages ...
... stars influences the career and habits of mortals , and regulates every thing that transpires on our globe . When these vain chimeras are received and cherished , and when it is believed that the laws of this con- nexion have for ages ...
Pàgina iv
... stars were more in fault than they . " But every well - informed mind rejects such doctrine with abhorrence , and perceives that if astrology were true , man would be degraded in the scale of being : he would not be a free agent ; and ...
... stars were more in fault than they . " But every well - informed mind rejects such doctrine with abhorrence , and perceives that if astrology were true , man would be degraded in the scale of being : he would not be a free agent ; and ...
Pàgina v
... stars of heaven , his best actions would have no virtue , and his foulest atrocities no vice ; for under such circumstances , no villains would be found on the earth , but such as had been made so by stellar influence . As this system ...
... stars of heaven , his best actions would have no virtue , and his foulest atrocities no vice ; for under such circumstances , no villains would be found on the earth , but such as had been made so by stellar influence . As this system ...
Pàgina viii
... stars having any influence over the destinies of mankind . He argues from the very remoteness of the planets , and asks , " What contagion can reach us from a distance almost infinite ? " Pliny also says ( Hist . Nat . vii . 49 ) ...
... stars having any influence over the destinies of mankind . He argues from the very remoteness of the planets , and asks , " What contagion can reach us from a distance almost infinite ? " Pliny also says ( Hist . Nat . vii . 49 ) ...
Pàgina ix
... it supposed the Creator of the world to be subject to the influences of the stars . Another attempt of the kind is to be found in the second volume of Dr. Sibly's Astro- logy . These men " became vain in their imaginations INTRODUCTION .
... it supposed the Creator of the world to be subject to the influences of the stars . Another attempt of the kind is to be found in the second volume of Dr. Sibly's Astro- logy . These men " became vain in their imaginations INTRODUCTION .
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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?
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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?
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.