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... faid , that what it wants in prudence is fupplied by fin- cerity ; and who at leaft may plead , that if their boafts deceive any into the peru- fal of their performances , they defraud them of but little time . -Quid enim ? Concurritur ...
... faid , that what it wants in prudence is fupplied by fin- cerity ; and who at leaft may plead , that if their boafts deceive any into the peru- fal of their performances , they defraud them of but little time . -Quid enim ? Concurritur ...
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... faid by the chymifts of their darling mercury , is perhaps true of every body through the whole creation , that if a thousand lives should be spent upon it , all it's properties would not be found out . Mankind muft neceffarily be ...
... faid by the chymifts of their darling mercury , is perhaps true of every body through the whole creation , that if a thousand lives should be spent upon it , all it's properties would not be found out . Mankind muft neceffarily be ...
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... faid by modern philofophers , that not only the great globes of matter are thinly scattered through the universe , but the hardett bodies are fo porous , that , if all matter were compreffed to perfect folidity , it might be contained ...
... faid by modern philofophers , that not only the great globes of matter are thinly scattered through the universe , but the hardett bodies are fo porous , that , if all matter were compreffed to perfect folidity , it might be contained ...
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... faid of the learned Bishop Sanderfon , that , when he was prepar ing his lectures , he hesitated fo much , and rejected so often , that , at the time of reading , he was often forced to pro- duce , not what was beft , but what happened ...
... faid of the learned Bishop Sanderfon , that , when he was prepar ing his lectures , he hesitated fo much , and rejected so often , that , at the time of reading , he was often forced to pro- duce , not what was beft , but what happened ...
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... faid to comprife all the speculation For what more can be neceffary to the regulation of life , than the knowledge of our ori- ginal , our end , our duties , and our re- lation to other beings ? It is however very improbable that the ...
... faid to comprife all the speculation For what more can be neceffary to the regulation of life , than the knowledge of our ori- ginal , our end , our duties , and our re- lation to other beings ? It is however very improbable that the ...
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