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... given it a proper place and ftation , not among unmeaning or half - meaning indeclinables , but among words that have both declenfion and fignification , too . -He hath given us a table of the conjunctions , and from a comparison of ...
... given it a proper place and ftation , not among unmeaning or half - meaning indeclinables , but among words that have both declenfion and fignification , too . -He hath given us a table of the conjunctions , and from a comparison of ...
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... given of them , their precife number would have been certainly known ; and their number in all languages would have been al- ways the fame . Our Author lays it down as a rule , that , of different languages , the leaft corrupt will have ...
... given of them , their precife number would have been certainly known ; and their number in all languages would have been al- ways the fame . Our Author lays it down as a rule , that , of different languages , the leaft corrupt will have ...
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... given , was never forgotten or forgiven by Swift - Oh , my Lord , we must not prefer or countenance thefe fellows ; we have not character enough OURSELVES . Lord Wharton's remarkable words ' ( fays the Editor ) allude , not only to the ...
... given , was never forgotten or forgiven by Swift - Oh , my Lord , we must not prefer or countenance thefe fellows ; we have not character enough OURSELVES . Lord Wharton's remarkable words ' ( fays the Editor ) allude , not only to the ...
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... given Number of Parts . By John Smeaton , F. R. S. THE accuracy of quadrants , and other aftronomical inftru- tical aftronomer and navigator . When aftronomy was revived in Europe , the neceffity of having inftruments properly adapted ...
... given Number of Parts . By John Smeaton , F. R. S. THE accuracy of quadrants , and other aftronomical inftru- tical aftronomer and navigator . When aftronomy was revived in Europe , the neceffity of having inftruments properly adapted ...
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... given a method of finding the fum of a feries whofe general term ( P2 , a fraction reduced to its loweft terms ) is a determinate algebraical function of the quantity ( Z ) , the distance from the first term of the feries . The Doctor's ...
... given a method of finding the fum of a feries whofe general term ( P2 , a fraction reduced to its loweft terms ) is a determinate algebraical function of the quantity ( Z ) , the distance from the first term of the feries . The Doctor's ...
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