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... sometimes at natural Philoso- phy , which I think is very entertaining , and at the same time extremely useful ; for whether our knowledge is acquired by these amusements and reading little books , or by serious and elaborate study ...
... sometimes at natural Philoso- phy , which I think is very entertaining , and at the same time extremely useful ; for whether our knowledge is acquired by these amusements and reading little books , or by serious and elaborate study ...
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... sometimes one of its poles nearest the sun , and sometimes the other . Hence heat and cold , summer and winter , and length of days and nights . Yet not- withstanding these effects of the sun , which gives us light and heat , his ...
... sometimes one of its poles nearest the sun , and sometimes the other . Hence heat and cold , summer and winter , and length of days and nights . Yet not- withstanding these effects of the sun , which gives us light and heat , his ...
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... sometimes find in persons of mean parent- age , ( as it is called ) and without any of the tinsel of fortune , those amiable virtues , and that nobleness of soul , which justly claim our highest veneration and esteem . This reproof ...
... sometimes find in persons of mean parent- age , ( as it is called ) and without any of the tinsel of fortune , those amiable virtues , and that nobleness of soul , which justly claim our highest veneration and esteem . This reproof ...
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... sometimes seem to encompass the sun and moon ; and are often of different colours . These always appear in a rainy or frosty season , and are therefore , we may suppose , occasioned by the refraction of light in the frozen particles in ...
... sometimes seem to encompass the sun and moon ; and are often of different colours . These always appear in a rainy or frosty season , and are therefore , we may suppose , occasioned by the refraction of light in the frozen particles in ...
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... sometimes vain . We shall therefore , in this Lecture , give the best account we can of Mountains , Springs , Rivers , and the Sea . The ancients supposed that Mountains were originally occasioned by the Deluge ; before which time they ...
... sometimes vain . We shall therefore , in this Lecture , give the best account we can of Mountains , Springs , Rivers , and the Sea . The ancients supposed that Mountains were originally occasioned by the Deluge ; before which time they ...
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