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" That this venenation shooteth from the eye, and that this way a basilisk may empoison, although thus much be not agreed upon by authors, some imputing it unto the breath, others unto the bite, it is not a thing impossible. " For eyes receive offensive... "
The English Cyclopaedia: Division. Geography. 4v. and Suppl - Page 61
by Charles Knight - 1867
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or Universal dictionary of the arts, sciences ...

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or Universal dictionary of the arts ..., Volume 12

Reference - 1816
...— The vifible fpecies of things ftrike not our fenfes immaterially ; but ftreaming in corporal rays do carry with them the qualities of the object from...whence they flow, and the medium through which they pafs. Brown's Pulgar Errours. * IMMATERIALNESS. ». /. [from immaterial.] Diflinctnefg from matter....
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge. [With] Supp

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge. [With] Supp

Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816
...— The vifible fpccies of things ftrike not our fen Its immaterially ; but dreaming in corporal rays do carry with them the qualities of the object from...whence they flow, and the medium through which they pafs. Bro<wn't Vulgar Krrcuri. * IMMATER1ALNESS. nf [from immaterial} Diflinctnefs from matter. * 1MMATERIATE....
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Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence

Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence, Volume 2

Sir Thomas Browne - 1835
...the bite — it is not a thing impossible. For eyes receive offensive impressions from their objects, and may have influences destructive to each other....our senses immaterially, but streaming in corporal rays, do carry with them the qualities of the object from whence they flow, and the medium through...
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THE PENNY CYCLOPAEDIA OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE

THE PENNY CYCLOPAEDIA OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE

1837
...it is not • tnincc impossible. For eyes receive offensive impressions from tueir objects, and mav have influences destructive to each other. For the...corporal raies, do carry with them the qualities of tho object from whence they flow, and the medium through which they pass. Thus, through a green or...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas ...

The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas ...

Sir Thomas Browne - Literary Collections - 1852
...For the visible species of things strike not our senses immaterially, but streaming in corporal rays, do carry with them the qualities of the object from...eyes affect those which are sound, and themselves alao by reflection, as will happen to an inflamed eye that beholds itself long in a glass ; thus is...
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Sir Thomas Browne's works, ed. by S. Wilkin

Sir Thomas Browne's works, ed. by S. Wilkin

Thomas Browne (sir.) - 1852
...the bite — it is not a thing impossible. For eyes receive offensive impressions from their objects, and may have influences destructive to each other....species of things strike not our senses immaterially, J)ut streaming in corporal rays, do carry -with them the qualities of the object from whence they flow,...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas ...

The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1852
...the bite — it is not a thing impossible. For eyes receive offensive impressions from their objects, and may have influences destructive to each other....the visible species of things strike not our senses immaterinlly, but streaming in corporal rays, do carry with them the qualities of the object from whence...
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The Encircled Serpent: A Study of Serpent Symbolism in All Countries and Ages

The Encircled Serpent: A Study of Serpent Symbolism in All Countries and Ages

M. Oldfield Howey - Religion - 2005 - 424 pages
...the bite, it is not a thing impossible. " For eyes receive offensive impressions from their objects, and may have influences destructive to each other....they pass. Thus, through a green or red glass, all thing? we behold appear of the same colours ; thus sore eyes affect those which are sound, and themselves...
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