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... easily understood to be its old antitype , the commonwealth . But how to analyse the tub , was a matter of difficulty ; when , after long inquiry and debate , the literal meaning was preserved ; and it was decreed that , in order to ...
... easily understood to be its old antitype , the commonwealth . But how to analyse the tub , was a matter of difficulty ; when , after long inquiry and debate , the literal meaning was preserved ; and it was decreed that , in order to ...
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... easily inform them whom I mean ; nor has the world been so negligent a looker - on as not to observe the continual efforts made by the societies of Gresham * and of Will's to edify a name and reputation upon the ruin of OURS . And this ...
... easily inform them whom I mean ; nor has the world been so negligent a looker - on as not to observe the continual efforts made by the societies of Gresham * and of Will's to edify a name and reputation upon the ruin of OURS . And this ...
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... easily discover whatever has been written since upon that dispute to be little more than repetition. An abstract of this treatise has been lately published by a worthy member of our society. These notices may serve to give the learned ...
... easily discover whatever has been written since upon that dispute to be little more than repetition. An abstract of this treatise has been lately published by a worthy member of our society. These notices may serve to give the learned ...
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... easily clear all the rest of our society's productions from an aspersion grown , as it is manifest , out of envy and ignorance ; that they are of little farther use or value to mankind beyond the common entertainments of their wit and ...
... easily clear all the rest of our society's productions from an aspersion grown , as it is manifest , out of envy and ignorance ; that they are of little farther use or value to mankind beyond the common entertainments of their wit and ...
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