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As to the Author , the Reader will find the first Scenes of his Life very accurately defcribed by his own Pen ; and ... Author always affecting the mid- " dleTrack , and being alike afraid of deviating into 66 Credulity on the one Hand ...
As to the Author , the Reader will find the first Scenes of his Life very accurately defcribed by his own Pen ; and ... Author always affecting the mid- " dleTrack , and being alike afraid of deviating into 66 Credulity on the one Hand ...
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... Author has demonstrated the Laws of the Collifion of non- elaftick and elaftick Bodies ; of the Motion of a Globe in ... Author's Opinion , was the only Way , whereby the Laws of Nature could be in- veftigated , and the Phoenomena ...
... Author has demonstrated the Laws of the Collifion of non- elaftick and elaftick Bodies ; of the Motion of a Globe in ... Author's Opinion , was the only Way , whereby the Laws of Nature could be in- veftigated , and the Phoenomena ...
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... Author evinces this Power of Attraction in Bodies . For Inftance , the Rife of Fluids between two po- Jifhed Plates of Glafs , when , being fet parallel , and at very fmall Diftances from one another , their lower Edges are dipped ...
... Author evinces this Power of Attraction in Bodies . For Inftance , the Rife of Fluids between two po- Jifhed Plates of Glafs , when , being fet parallel , and at very fmall Diftances from one another , their lower Edges are dipped ...
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... Author formally demonftrates : But the Neceffity of its be- ing fo may be easily collected from the two forego- ing Paragraphs . 66 As Water ( to ufe our Author's own Words ) " or any other proper Fluid , afcends between po- " lished ...
... Author formally demonftrates : But the Neceffity of its be- ing fo may be easily collected from the two forego- ing Paragraphs . 66 As Water ( to ufe our Author's own Words ) " or any other proper Fluid , afcends between po- " lished ...
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... Author fays , by Virtue of this attrac- tive Force , wherewith fmall Pipes are endued , that Plants receive ... Author has offered upon thefe Heads is very curious . Towards the Clofe of this Difcourfe , he fays , " The firm Union , and ...
... Author fays , by Virtue of this attrac- tive Force , wherewith fmall Pipes are endued , that Plants receive ... Author has offered upon thefe Heads is very curious . Towards the Clofe of this Difcourfe , he fays , " The firm Union , and ...
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Page 80 - The Lord, ye know, is God indeed ; Without our aid he did us make : We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take.
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Page 106 - At my first sitting to read to him, observing that I used the English pronunciation, he told me if I would have the benefit of the Latin tongue, not only to read and understand Latin authors, but to converse with foreigners, either abroad or at home, I must learn the foreign pronunciation.
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