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... thing worse of them than that they thought differently from him , & the surest way to lessen their numbers was to leave them to their own way ; that Truth needed not & would never gain Proselytes * Indefatigable in serving thos that ...
... thing worse of them than that they thought differently from him , & the surest way to lessen their numbers was to leave them to their own way ; that Truth needed not & would never gain Proselytes * Indefatigable in serving thos that ...
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... things then continually ripening upon us will probably make us useful members of Society , & teach us to acquit ourselves well in all its characters that Providence shall afterwards place us in . Whereas being wholly exempt from the ...
... things then continually ripening upon us will probably make us useful members of Society , & teach us to acquit ourselves well in all its characters that Providence shall afterwards place us in . Whereas being wholly exempt from the ...
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... things , ) whether it was not made by one Keal & thence derived its name , & nothing sufficiently can express the emotion of my passions upon so new a scene of Nature . The variety of ascents , the fine Prospect , gave me a satisfaction ...
... things , ) whether it was not made by one Keal & thence derived its name , & nothing sufficiently can express the emotion of my passions upon so new a scene of Nature . The variety of ascents , the fine Prospect , gave me a satisfaction ...
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... things a fine hunting scy- meter tipt with silver , & a knife in it , given me by my Aunt Ampleford , 3 & a silver ... thing very infrequent in our country , and of which I had no reason to have any natural apprehensions of , & made a ...
... things a fine hunting scy- meter tipt with silver , & a knife in it , given me by my Aunt Ampleford , 3 & a silver ... thing very infrequent in our country , and of which I had no reason to have any natural apprehensions of , & made a ...
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... thing in my self that should promise so favorable a Prognostic , beyond his excessive Love of me , & that I being his eldest must of necessity have the principal Concern upon my hands , of looking after his posthumous affairs . In the ...
... thing in my self that should promise so favorable a Prognostic , beyond his excessive Love of me , & that I being his eldest must of necessity have the principal Concern upon my hands , of looking after his posthumous affairs . In the ...
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Page 419 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Page 149 - a bold insolent man, with a very small measure of religion, virtue, learning, or good sense ; but he resolved to force himself into popularity and preferment, by the most petulant railings at dissenters and low churchmen, in several sermons and libels, written without either chasteness of style or liveliness of expression.
Page 55 - And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly : the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
Page 166 - May 1731, he married Lady Elizabeth Lee, daughter of the Earl of Lichfield, and widow of Colonel Lee.
Page 169 - OPINION OF DR. STUKELEY. Oct. 9, 1722. " He is making searches about the Roman ways. He is a very fancifull man, and the things he hath publish'd are built upon fancy. He is looked upon as a man of no great authority, and his reputation dwindles every day, as I have learned from very good hands.
Page 313 - In 1721 he accompanied Dr. Sherrard to England, where he spent the remainder of his days. Soon after his arrival he undertook a new edition of " Ray's Synopsis ;" and was appointed the first botanical professor at Oxford on Sherrard's foundation. He wrote " Hortus Elthamensis
Page 62 - Jan. 6, 1721. I was made a Freemason at the Salutation Tav., Tavistock Street, with Mr. Collins, Capt. Rowe who made the famous diving Engine. The Directors late paramount, now despoil'd &c. Mr. Kemps antiquitys sold. Jan. 26. Mr. Le Neve Norroy & I took some transcriptions out of Domesday book.