The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1799 |
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... appears indeed to have been ready to pay labour for truth . " The story of these dials had , I believe , some foundation , but , as it usually happens in popular stories , much fiction has been mingled with some truth . If two clocks ...
... appears indeed to have been ready to pay labour for truth . " The story of these dials had , I believe , some foundation , but , as it usually happens in popular stories , much fiction has been mingled with some truth . If two clocks ...
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... appears as surprising as their credulity in others . The disposition to ridicule every scientific . project as absurd until it has been absolutely brought to perfection has been the common topic of complaint among men of inventive ...
... appears as surprising as their credulity in others . The disposition to ridicule every scientific . project as absurd until it has been absolutely brought to perfection has been the common topic of complaint among men of inventive ...
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... appears to us both simple and ingenious . Drawings enable us to judge so much better of the form , construction , & c . of a machine , than all descrip- tions merely verbal , that we shall not attempt any which would probably be ...
... appears to us both simple and ingenious . Drawings enable us to judge so much better of the form , construction , & c . of a machine , than all descrip- tions merely verbal , that we shall not attempt any which would probably be ...
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... appears to be more attentive than Addison to the har- mony of his cadence , and the regular construction of his ... appear strange , when we consider how much more vehe- ment and copious he is , has more precision . The nature of the sub ...
... appears to be more attentive than Addison to the har- mony of his cadence , and the regular construction of his ... appear strange , when we consider how much more vehe- ment and copious he is , has more precision . The nature of the sub ...
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... appears to be perfectly at ease and unmoved on the oc- casion . In return , the bird generally eased the turtle of the sucking fish and maggots that adhered to and troubled him . ' On the navigation round Cape Horn , Captain Colnett ...
... appears to be perfectly at ease and unmoved on the oc- casion . In return , the bird generally eased the turtle of the sucking fish and maggots that adhered to and troubled him . ' On the navigation round Cape Horn , Captain Colnett ...
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