 | G.W. Johnson - Biography - 1795 - 414 pages
...enormcms Licence and Irreligion of the Times ;" and, many other things afterwards, of a fmaller kind. In 1744, came ' forth his celebrated and curious book entitled " Siris ; a Chain' of Philofophical Reflections and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of Tar Water; a work which, he Sas been... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 380 pages
...pamphlet written with all his peculiarities of manner, and depth of research, entitled " Siris, ?. chain of Philosophical Reflections and Inquiries concerning the virtues of Tar- Water," 174-S-. It is indeed a chain, scys his biographer, which, like that of the Poet, reaches from earth... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...of Tar-water, his benevolence led him to wish its virtues more known; and in 1744, he published his Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflections and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of Tarwater. This work is singularly curious for the multifarious erudition that it embraces, and for... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 368 pages
...more general use in a pamphlet written with all his peculiarities of manner, and depth of research, entitled " Siris, a chain of philosophical Reflections and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of TarWater," 1744. It is indeed a chain, says his biographer, which like that of the poet, reaches *... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 716 pages
...many other things afterwards of a smaller kind. In 1744 came out his celebrated and curious book, " Siris ; a Chain of Philosophical Reflections and Inquiries concerning the virtues of Tar-water." July the same year he removed, with his lady and family, to Oxford, partly to superintend... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 540 pages
...enormous licence and irreligion of the times ; and many other things afterwards of a smaller kind. In 1744 came forth his celebrated and curious book, entitled,...This work, he has been heard to declare, cost him more time and pains than any other he had ever been engaged in. It underwent a second impression, with... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 552 pages
...enormous licence and irreligion of the times ; and many other things afterwards of a smaller kind. In 1744 came forth his celebrated and curious book, entitled,...:" a medicine which had been useful to himself in a tase of nervous colic. This work, he has been heard to declare, cost him more time and pains than any... | |
 | James Douglas Duke of Queensberry - Library catalogs - 1813 - 192 pages
...perpetual ib 1734 plates Lond 1735 2319 Ferguson's art of drawing in perspective Edin 18O3 2320 Berkeley's Siris, a chain of philosophical reflections and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water Dub 1744 2321 Bates's address to the Board of Agriculture on the diflerent breeds of live stock Newc... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 544 pages
...of a smaller kind. In 1744 came forth his celebrated and curious book, entitled, " Siris ; a cliain of philosophical reflections and inquiries concerning...This work, he has been heard to declare, cost him more time and pains than any other he had ever been engaged in. It underwent a second impression, with... | |
 | 1819 - 402 pages
...things afterwards of a smaller kind. In 1744, came forth his celebrated and curious book, entituled, Siris ; a chain of philosophical reflections and inquiries concerning the virtues of Tar Water : a work which, he has been heard to declare, cost him more time and pains than any other he had ever been... | |
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Siris ; a chain of philosophical reflections and inquiries concerning the virtues of Tar Water:" a medicine which had been useful to himself in a case of nervous colic. 
