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... reason to know , it is founded on good authori- ty ; for both my father and mother were related to your mother , and came from the same stock mentioned in the inclosed , which is the reason I am so well acquaint- ed with your mother's ...
... reason to know , it is founded on good authori- ty ; for both my father and mother were related to your mother , and came from the same stock mentioned in the inclosed , which is the reason I am so well acquaint- ed with your mother's ...
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... reason I thought it might be of use to you , so far as to see what has been done already . I shewed this to Sir Isaac : he remembers that he applied it to all sorts of tables . I have more papers of Mr. Mercator's , and others , upon ...
... reason I thought it might be of use to you , so far as to see what has been done already . I shewed this to Sir Isaac : he remembers that he applied it to all sorts of tables . I have more papers of Mr. Mercator's , and others , upon ...
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... his studies had latterly been pursued , left him no reason to regret the disadvantages under which he had at first laboured . His improvement in the knowledge of prosody was truly extraordinary ; he 18 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... his studies had latterly been pursued , left him no reason to regret the disadvantages under which he had at first laboured . His improvement in the knowledge of prosody was truly extraordinary ; he 18 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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... reason phi- losophically , I cannot help thinking any grief upon a person's death very superfluous , and inconsistent with sense ; for what is the cause of our sorrow ? Is it be- cause we hate the person deceased ? that were to imply ...
... reason phi- losophically , I cannot help thinking any grief upon a person's death very superfluous , and inconsistent with sense ; for what is the cause of our sorrow ? Is it be- cause we hate the person deceased ? that were to imply ...
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... reason is there to disturb yourself on this melancholy occasion ? do but reflect that thou- sands die every moment of time ; that even while we speak , some unhappy wretch or other is either pining with hunger , or pinched with poverty ...
... reason is there to disturb yourself on this melancholy occasion ? do but reflect that thou- sands die every moment of time ; that even while we speak , some unhappy wretch or other is either pining with hunger , or pinched with poverty ...
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