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Paradife , he calls them Flowers , which NOT NICE ART In beds and curious Knots , but NATURE BOON Pours forth profufe on hill , and dale , and plain . P. L. IV . 245 · SOON P. III . Soon after this he fubjoinsthis was the INQUIRIES .
Paradife , he calls them Flowers , which NOT NICE ART In beds and curious Knots , but NATURE BOON Pours forth profufe on hill , and dale , and plain . P. L. IV . 245 · SOON P. III . Soon after this he fubjoinsthis was the INQUIRIES .
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| Title | Philological Inquiries: In Three Parts, Volume 3 Philological Inquiries: In Three Parts, Shakey Jake |
| Author | Shakey Jake |
| Publisher | C. Nourse, 1781 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jul 28, 2006 |
| Length | 571 pages |
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