Excerpt from Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects The matter of this collection is beyond human reach: we being miferably in the dark, as to the (economy Of the invifible world, which knows what we do; or -in cline to, and works upon our pafiions, and fometimes is fo kind as to afford us a glimpfe Of its pree fcience..d E D] c-xati O N. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.