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Page 3
... ships expected in , and want of fresh advices from Europe , make it frequently very dull ; and I find the freezing of our river has the same effect on news as trade . With more concern have I conti- nually observed the growing vices and ...
... ships expected in , and want of fresh advices from Europe , make it frequently very dull ; and I find the freezing of our river has the same effect on news as trade . With more concern have I conti- nually observed the growing vices and ...
Page 35
... ships and seamen . " Let honest Peter Buckram , who has long , without suc- cess , been a searcher after hidden money , reflect on this , and be reclaimed from that unaccountable folly . Let him consider , that every stitch he takes ...
... ships and seamen . " Let honest Peter Buckram , who has long , without suc- cess , been a searcher after hidden money , reflect on this , and be reclaimed from that unaccountable folly . Let him consider , that every stitch he takes ...
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... instructed how to guide a ship through the vast ocean , from one part of the earth to another , the nearest and safest way , and in the shortest time . By help of this science , the architects take their MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 59.
... instructed how to guide a ship through the vast ocean , from one part of the earth to another , the nearest and safest way , and in the shortest time . By help of this science , the architects take their MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 59.
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... ships , fortifica- tions , & c . By its help , engineers conduct all their work , take the situation and plan of towns , forts , and castles , measure their distances from one to an- other , and carry their measure into places that are ...
... ships , fortifica- tions , & c . By its help , engineers conduct all their work , take the situation and plan of towns , forts , and castles , measure their distances from one to an- other , and carry their measure into places that are ...
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... ship , with the famous Mr. Chancellor , went on to the gulf of Russia , called the White Sea , where no Christian strangers had ever been before him . In these narrow circumstances stood the world's knowledge at the beginning of the ...
... ship , with the famous Mr. Chancellor , went on to the gulf of Russia , called the White Sea , where no Christian strangers had ever been before him . In these narrow circumstances stood the world's knowledge at the beginning of the ...
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