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... feveral more vaults near it , on which grow cherry trees , like the hanging gardens of Ba- bylon . I fuppofe thefe the foundations of a temple , for in the fame place they found feveral ftones of the fhafts of pillars , fix feet long ...
... feveral more vaults near it , on which grow cherry trees , like the hanging gardens of Ba- bylon . I fuppofe thefe the foundations of a temple , for in the fame place they found feveral ftones of the fhafts of pillars , fix feet long ...
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... feveral children , was engra ven , and the following infcription , in old black character : " Here under buried John Semys lyeth , Which had two wives , the firft Elizabeth , And by her VI . foonnes and daughters five ; Then after by ...
... feveral children , was engra ven , and the following infcription , in old black character : " Here under buried John Semys lyeth , Which had two wives , the firft Elizabeth , And by her VI . foonnes and daughters five ; Then after by ...
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... in the Lon- don Review . Our late Editor was allowed to difplay great fhrewdness and ingenuity in his feveral letters addreffed to Dr. Dr. Priestley , on the fubject of the penetrability of A Slight Sketch of the Controversy , & c .
... in the Lon- don Review . Our late Editor was allowed to difplay great fhrewdness and ingenuity in his feveral letters addreffed to Dr. Dr. Priestley , on the fubject of the penetrability of A Slight Sketch of the Controversy , & c .
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... feveral writers who have appeared in it , he hath relieved the tedious drynefs of metaphyfical difquifition , by propriety of fentiment , and a lively and animated ftyle . His wit and humour alfo , with which he hath entertained us ...
... feveral writers who have appeared in it , he hath relieved the tedious drynefs of metaphyfical difquifition , by propriety of fentiment , and a lively and animated ftyle . His wit and humour alfo , with which he hath entertained us ...
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... feveral millions more than it at prefent contains . The climate is cold , but the air pure and wholefome ; and its inhabi- tants in all probability would live to an extreme old age if they were not fo much addicted to an immoderate ufe ...
... feveral millions more than it at prefent contains . The climate is cold , but the air pure and wholefome ; and its inhabi- tants in all probability would live to an extreme old age if they were not fo much addicted to an immoderate ufe ...
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