The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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James Ferguson. whole life . Whilst I was in this learned body , I applied myself with so much diligence to my stu- dies , that there are very few celebrated books , either in the learned or the modern tongues , which I am not acquainted ...
James Ferguson. whole life . Whilst I was in this learned body , I applied myself with so much diligence to my stu- dies , that there are very few celebrated books , either in the learned or the modern tongues , which I am not acquainted ...
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... learned world are very well acquainted with that gentleman's in- vention ; who , for the better carrying on his expe- riments , contrived a certain mathematical chair , which was so artificially hung upon springs , that it would weigh ...
... learned world are very well acquainted with that gentleman's in- vention ; who , for the better carrying on his expe- riments , contrived a certain mathematical chair , which was so artificially hung upon springs , that it would weigh ...
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... learned a man as Menage talking seriously on this kind of trifle in the following passage : ' Monseur de la Chambre has told me , that he never knew what he was going to write when he took his pen into his hand ; but that one sentence ...
... learned a man as Menage talking seriously on this kind of trifle in the following passage : ' Monseur de la Chambre has told me , that he never knew what he was going to write when he took his pen into his hand ; but that one sentence ...
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