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Strictures on some Common Grammatical Inaccuracies , & c . 119 will be my province . " This mode of expression seems to be required by the idiom of the language , but is not , probably , on grammatical principles , absolutely correct ...
Strictures on some Common Grammatical Inaccuracies , & c . 119 will be my province . " This mode of expression seems to be required by the idiom of the language , but is not , probably , on grammatical principles , absolutely correct ...
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219 repel the attacks that have been made on his hypothesis ; he grossly misapplies the common terms of science , and reasserts his former positions without evidence or proof ; and thus flatters himself so far as to believe that he has ...
219 repel the attacks that have been made on his hypothesis ; he grossly misapplies the common terms of science , and reasserts his former positions without evidence or proof ; and thus flatters himself so far as to believe that he has ...
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[ Oct.1 , In a note to the answer to this objection , COMMON SENSE questions the accuracy of Dr. Hutton's and Mr. Cavendish's calculations , because they have made use of different expressions to represent the earth's attraction .
[ Oct.1 , In a note to the answer to this objection , COMMON SENSE questions the accuracy of Dr. Hutton's and Mr. Cavendish's calculations , because they have made use of different expressions to represent the earth's attraction .
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