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... ther Doubt , without being troubiefom to thofe , who would perhaps be not very well plea- fed with refolving Queries and Doubts , unless they faw fome Advantage befides the Good of the Querift . pofe thefe Queftions are not the only who ...
... ther Doubt , without being troubiefom to thofe , who would perhaps be not very well plea- fed with refolving Queries and Doubts , unless they faw fome Advantage befides the Good of the Querift . pofe thefe Queftions are not the only who ...
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... ther any two Men have the fame number of Hairs ; ano- ther is troubl'd with a fquea- mith Confcience , and would know if it be lawful to eat black Puddings ; a third , a great Enquirer into Myfteries , and I believe very ftudious of ...
... ther any two Men have the fame number of Hairs ; ano- ther is troubl'd with a fquea- mith Confcience , and would know if it be lawful to eat black Puddings ; a third , a great Enquirer into Myfteries , and I believe very ftudious of ...
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... ther Performances , in as many Sciences as I am able to bring in within the narrow Compafs which remains of this Second Part : but confidering the num- ber of thofe admirable Solu- tions I find both in Divinity and Philofophy , I am at ...
... ther Performances , in as many Sciences as I am able to bring in within the narrow Compafs which remains of this Second Part : but confidering the num- ber of thofe admirable Solu- tions I find both in Divinity and Philofophy , I am at ...
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... ther they , nor indeed the Go- vernment , did ever imagine to bring it to that Perfection , that it fhould affect all De- grees , Sects , and Principles , for that is a moral Impoffibi- lity . Yet they had reafon to think it would have ...
... ther they , nor indeed the Go- vernment , did ever imagine to bring it to that Perfection , that it fhould affect all De- grees , Sects , and Principles , for that is a moral Impoffibi- lity . Yet they had reafon to think it would have ...
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... ther individual Stone , as rifhes ; and ' tis no more a much as any in the Moun - Tree , but a Stump , or a tains , or Quarry ' twas firft ⚫ cut out of , even tho ' reduc'd < to the minuteft Sand , or if poffible , a thousand times ...
... ther individual Stone , as rifhes ; and ' tis no more a much as any in the Moun - Tree , but a Stump , or a tains , or Quarry ' twas firft ⚫ cut out of , even tho ' reduc'd < to the minuteft Sand , or if poffible , a thousand times ...
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