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... less complete , although I have spared no diligence in endeavouring to collect all that could be obtained . I was in hopes that the recollection of his contemporaries at Oxford , where he occasionally resided , until he left England ...
... less complete , although I have spared no diligence in endeavouring to collect all that could be obtained . I was in hopes that the recollection of his contemporaries at Oxford , where he occasionally resided , until he left England ...
Page 8
... less willing to have it done . The new edition of the Principia is what we wait for , with great impatience ; though , at the same time , I believe the book will be far more valuable than if it had been done in a hurry , since I find ...
... less willing to have it done . The new edition of the Principia is what we wait for , with great impatience ; though , at the same time , I believe the book will be far more valuable than if it had been done in a hurry , since I find ...
Page 11
... less agreeable to me to hear , that your own book is in such forwardness . You are much in the right of it to print your lectures , and other papers , in a book by itself : it is better than to have them lie up and down among other ...
... less agreeable to me to hear , that your own book is in such forwardness . You are much in the right of it to print your lectures , and other papers , in a book by itself : it is better than to have them lie up and down among other ...
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... less faults , than I ever yet saw in any human " being ; and that the goodness of his head , admirable as it was , was " exceeded by that of his heart . I have never ceased to admire him from the moment I first saw him ; and my esteem ...
... less faults , than I ever yet saw in any human " being ; and that the goodness of his head , admirable as it was , was " exceeded by that of his heart . I have never ceased to admire him from the moment I first saw him ; and my esteem ...
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... less a favourite with his fellow - students than with his master ; he acquired popularity with them , by the frequent holidays that rewarded the excellence of his compositions . His reputation , at the same time , was so extensive ...
... less a favourite with his fellow - students than with his master ; he acquired popularity with them , by the frequent holidays that rewarded the excellence of his compositions . His reputation , at the same time , was so extensive ...
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