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Page viii
... characters , incidentally mentioned , is brief and explanatory only ; and I have suppressed many observations , which would have added more to the bulk of the Memoirs than to the informa- tion or entertainment of the reader . I have now ...
... characters , incidentally mentioned , is brief and explanatory only ; and I have suppressed many observations , which would have added more to the bulk of the Memoirs than to the informa- tion or entertainment of the reader . I have now ...
Page x
... characters of very eminent men cannot be closely examined , with- out a considerable diminution of the respect which their general fame has excited . From whatever source this remark may have pro- ceded , or to whatever degree of truth ...
... characters of very eminent men cannot be closely examined , with- out a considerable diminution of the respect which their general fame has excited . From whatever source this remark may have pro- ceded , or to whatever degree of truth ...
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... character of Mr. Jones was respectable , his manners were agreeable and inviting ; and these qualities not only contributed to enlarge the circle of his friends , whom his established reputation for science had attracted , but also to ...
... character of Mr. Jones was respectable , his manners were agreeable and inviting ; and these qualities not only contributed to enlarge the circle of his friends , whom his established reputation for science had attracted , but also to ...
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... characters of the times . Nor is it less grateful to remark that the attachment of his professed friends did not expire with his life : after a proper interval , they visited his widow , and vied in their offers of service to her ...
... characters of the times . Nor is it less grateful to remark that the attachment of his professed friends did not expire with his life : after a proper interval , they visited his widow , and vied in their offers of service to her ...
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... character , as delineated by her husband , with somewhat of mathematical precision , A Tract of Logarithms . Account of a Person killed by Lightning , in Tottenham - court Chapel , and its Effects on the Building . Properties of Conic ...
... character , as delineated by her husband , with somewhat of mathematical precision , A Tract of Logarithms . Account of a Person killed by Lightning , in Tottenham - court Chapel , and its Effects on the Building . Properties of Conic ...
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