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... give no longer paffage to the air . The whole number of cones exceeds an hundred , but this number varies every day . Befides the cones there are feveral round cavities in the foil itfelf , efpecially towards the west , where the plain ...
... give no longer paffage to the air . The whole number of cones exceeds an hundred , but this number varies every day . Befides the cones there are feveral round cavities in the foil itfelf , efpecially towards the west , where the plain ...
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... give a detail of fome cir- cumftances which I may have neglected in defcribing the more obvious appear- ances ... gives the true folution of this problem , which at first appeared rather embarraffing . I have already taken notice , that ...
... give a detail of fome cir- cumftances which I may have neglected in defcribing the more obvious appear- ances ... gives the true folution of this problem , which at first appeared rather embarraffing . I have already taken notice , that ...
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... give a few characteristical traits , and , while they glance at his pe- culiar propenfities , ferve to exhibit the gay turn of his mind in a season , as one fhould fuppofe , of peculiar diftress . June 9 , 1715 , Mr. R. Walpole ftated ...
... give a few characteristical traits , and , while they glance at his pe- culiar propenfities , ferve to exhibit the gay turn of his mind in a season , as one fhould fuppofe , of peculiar diftress . June 9 , 1715 , Mr. R. Walpole ftated ...
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... give the world a very exalted opinion of his genius , his piety , and his understanding though the mode in which he once difplayed this averfion may , as I have obferved , furnish a small difcrimina- tive anecdote . It happened one day ...
... give the world a very exalted opinion of his genius , his piety , and his understanding though the mode in which he once difplayed this averfion may , as I have obferved , furnish a small difcrimina- tive anecdote . It happened one day ...
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... give them implicit credit . They dealt little in the fpirit of criticism ; information was difficult to be obtained , nor did they pique then felves on accuracy , but fet down whatever they heard without examination . With many of the ...
... give them implicit credit . They dealt little in the fpirit of criticism ; information was difficult to be obtained , nor did they pique then felves on accuracy , but fet down whatever they heard without examination . With many of the ...
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