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... elegance which I do not pretend to transfuse into my version of them . Some few sentences of the original letters have been ... elegant , and correct the errors of the learned . To elucidate the life , occupations , and opinions , of Sir ...
... elegance which I do not pretend to transfuse into my version of them . Some few sentences of the original letters have been ... elegant , and correct the errors of the learned . To elucidate the life , occupations , and opinions , of Sir ...
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... elegant monument , executed by Flaxman , at the expense of Lady Jones , and placed in the anti - chamber to the Chapel of University College , Oxford , is annexed to the Preface . It has frequently been remarked , that the characters of ...
... elegant monument , executed by Flaxman , at the expense of Lady Jones , and placed in the anti - chamber to the Chapel of University College , Oxford , is annexed to the Preface . It has frequently been remarked , that the characters of ...
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... intimate friends of Mr. Jones .... By Sir Isaac Newton he was treated with particular re- gard and confidence , and prepared , with his assent , the very elegant edition of small tracts on the higher ma- MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... intimate friends of Mr. Jones .... By Sir Isaac Newton he was treated with particular re- gard and confidence , and prepared , with his assent , the very elegant edition of small tracts on the higher ma- MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. very elegant edition of small tracts on the higher ma- thematics , in a mode which obtained the approbation , and increased the esteem , of the author for him . After the retirement of Lord Macclesfield to ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. very elegant edition of small tracts on the higher ma- thematics , in a mode which obtained the approbation , and increased the esteem , of the author for him . After the retirement of Lord Macclesfield to ...
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... elegance of that writer , and was frequently heard to repeat , with parti- cular satisfaction , the rule in the Andria : Facile omnes perferre et pati Nunquam præponens se aliis . Such was the extent of his attainments , and such his ...
... elegance of that writer , and was frequently heard to repeat , with parti- cular satisfaction , the rule in the Andria : Facile omnes perferre et pati Nunquam præponens se aliis . Such was the extent of his attainments , and such his ...
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