The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot, Volume 2James Carlile, and sold, 1751 - 231 pages |
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Page 82
... : But for all that , he was not the less foli- citous about his Daughter , whom he found the Means to preferve at the Expence of others . CHA P. CHAP . XVIII . How Nic Frog waited on John 82 The Hiftory of John Bull .
... : But for all that , he was not the less foli- citous about his Daughter , whom he found the Means to preferve at the Expence of others . CHA P. CHAP . XVIII . How Nic Frog waited on John 82 The Hiftory of John Bull .
Page 159
... leave him altogether as free from Doubt , in the Point before us , as many late Au- thors have left him and me in their Demonftrations of of other Questions of no less Importance , than that Art of Selling Bargains . 159.
... leave him altogether as free from Doubt , in the Point before us , as many late Au- thors have left him and me in their Demonftrations of of other Questions of no less Importance , than that Art of Selling Bargains . 159.
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John Arbuthnot. of other Questions of no less Importance , than that which I am now about to prove . I begin with obferving that , for fome few Ages paft , certain induftrious North - Britons have un- dergone the Fatigue of marching ...
John Arbuthnot. of other Questions of no less Importance , than that which I am now about to prove . I begin with obferving that , for fome few Ages paft , certain induftrious North - Britons have un- dergone the Fatigue of marching ...
Page 193
... less Importance , as the Treaty not being of their own Framing , I defire them to confider , that this is fo very Childish , that a Senator fhould be afham'd to own it . If the pret- ty little Masters , their Children , fhould take ...
... less Importance , as the Treaty not being of their own Framing , I defire them to confider , that this is fo very Childish , that a Senator fhould be afham'd to own it . If the pret- ty little Masters , their Children , fhould take ...
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... less than my share in the last . PROP . VIII . Let us fupppose three Gamefters , whereof the first an fecond want 1 Game , but the third 2 . T O find the fhare of the firft , we must confi- der what would happen if either he , or any of ...
... less than my share in the last . PROP . VIII . Let us fupppose three Gamefters , whereof the first an fecond want 1 Game , but the third 2 . T O find the fhare of the firft , we must confi- der what would happen if either he , or any of ...
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