 | 1792 - 822 sider
...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...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,— be cxtinguifhed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 324 sider
...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...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 in the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 282 sider
...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 - 590 sider
...delicious company, and heavenly harmony. " It was," says he, " the opinion of learned philosophers of our race, who lived and flourished long before...'towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 sider
...delicious company, and heavenly harmony. " It was," says he, " the opinion of learned philosophers of our race, who lived and flourished long before...towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 sider
...says he, " the opinion of learned philosophers of our race, who lived and flourished long be* fore my time, .that this vast world the Moulin Joly could...hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opin-' ion ; since, by the apparent motion of the great luminary, that gives life to all nature, and... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 sider
..." It was/' says he, " the opinion of learned " philosophers of our race, who lived and flou" rishcd long before my time, that this vast " world, the Moulin...more than eighteen hours : and I think there " was sonic foundation for their opinion, since, " by the apparent motion of the great luminary, " that gives... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1810 - 292 sider
...foundation for that opinion ; since, by the appaient motion of the great luminary, that gives"life to all nature, and which in my time has evidently...towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters tiiat surround us, and leave the world in cold... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 190 sider
...of our race, who lived and flourish€ i long before my time, that this vast world the Moulin /c/y could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours...towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 196 sider
...of our race, who lived and flourishel long before my time, that this vast world the Moulin Jo/ycould not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and...towards the ocean at the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold... | |
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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... 
