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... write against him , than have a piece done in that manner in his favor ) he got a stop put to it , for some time at least . Dr. Halley has almost finished the printing of the Greenwich Observations , which will be a work of good use ...
... write against him , than have a piece done in that manner in his favor ) he got a stop put to it , for some time at least . Dr. Halley has almost finished the printing of the Greenwich Observations , which will be a work of good use ...
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... writes ) from the early age of eight or nine , " and he was always an uncommon boy . Great abilities , great parti- " cularity of thinking , fondness for writing verses and plays of various " kinds , and a degree of integrity and manly ...
... writes ) from the early age of eight or nine , " and he was always an uncommon boy . Great abilities , great parti- " cularity of thinking , fondness for writing verses and plays of various " kinds , and a degree of integrity and manly ...
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... write them from his dictation . He employed the intervals of suspended duty , which he was reluctantly compelled to admit , in learning chess , by practising the games of Philidor . During the vacations , his application was directed to ...
... write them from his dictation . He employed the intervals of suspended duty , which he was reluctantly compelled to admit , in learning chess , by practising the games of Philidor . During the vacations , his application was directed to ...
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... write you word how all things go here . I designed to write you this letter in French ; but I thought I could express my thoughts with more energy in my own language . I come now , after a long interval , to 24 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... write you word how all things go here . I designed to write you this letter in French ; but I thought I could express my thoughts with more energy in my own language . I come now , after a long interval , to 24 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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... writing : .... Ego Gulielmus Jones , filius unicus Gulielmi Jones , Armigeri , de civitate Lond . lubens subscribo sub tuta- mine Magistri Betts , et Magistri Coulson , annos natus septemdecim . his poetical compositions , but by the ...
... writing : .... Ego Gulielmus Jones , filius unicus Gulielmi Jones , Armigeri , de civitate Lond . lubens subscribo sub tuta- mine Magistri Betts , et Magistri Coulson , annos natus septemdecim . his poetical compositions , but by the ...
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