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When it has been nicely balanced on a horizontal axis , it is found to decline gradually from its horizontal position , and to settle at a very considerable angle with the plane of the horizon : which angle , like that of the variation ...
When it has been nicely balanced on a horizontal axis , it is found to decline gradually from its horizontal position , and to settle at a very considerable angle with the plane of the horizon : which angle , like that of the variation ...
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We allow that the provocation was considerable ; yet still it would have been more dignified , more like a true philosopher , and would have disposed all impartial readers to think better of his cause , if he had shewn himself superior ...
We allow that the provocation was considerable ; yet still it would have been more dignified , more like a true philosopher , and would have disposed all impartial readers to think better of his cause , if he had shewn himself superior ...
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The surface of Coll is more rocky than that of Tirey , and , towards its southern and western shores , considerable tracts have been overwhelmed by accumulations of drift - sand , notwithstanding which the arable and pasturing spots are ...
The surface of Coll is more rocky than that of Tirey , and , towards its southern and western shores , considerable tracts have been overwhelmed by accumulations of drift - sand , notwithstanding which the arable and pasturing spots are ...
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