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... of Bows and Arrows in War to Fire - Arms On the Theory of the Earth Loose Thoughts on an Universal Fluid 225 229 233 236 · 246 · 252 · 261 · 267 274 279 281 • 283 287 LIFE OF DR . FRANKLIN . MY DEAR SON , viii CONTENTS.
... of Bows and Arrows in War to Fire - Arms On the Theory of the Earth Loose Thoughts on an Universal Fluid 225 229 233 236 · 246 · 252 · 261 · 267 274 279 281 • 283 287 LIFE OF DR . FRANKLIN . MY DEAR SON , viii CONTENTS.
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... fire ! He has surpassed the original . In his common conversation he appears not to have a choice of words ; he hesitates , and is at a loss ; and yet , good God , how he writes . " At our next meeting , Ralph discovered the trick we ...
... fire ! He has surpassed the original . In his common conversation he appears not to have a choice of words ; he hesitates , and is at a loss ; and yet , good God , how he writes . " At our next meeting , Ralph discovered the trick we ...
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... very ardently de- sired ; but he never kept his word . I had brought some curiosities with me from Ame .. rica ; the principal of which was a purse made ef the asbestos , which fire only purifies . Sir Hans 54 LIFE OF.
... very ardently de- sired ; but he never kept his word . I had brought some curiosities with me from Ame .. rica ; the principal of which was a purse made ef the asbestos , which fire only purifies . Sir Hans 54 LIFE OF.
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... fire only purifies . Sir Hans Sloane hearing of it , called upon me , and invited me to his house in Bloomsbury - square , where , after showing me every thing that was curious , he prevailed on me to add this piece to his collection ...
... fire only purifies . Sir Hans Sloane hearing of it , called upon me , and invited me to his house in Bloomsbury - square , where , after showing me every thing that was curious , he prevailed on me to add this piece to his collection ...
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... fire but to boil it . She had lived in this garret a great many years , without paying rent to the successive Catholic inhabita ats that had kept the house ; who indeed considered her abode with them as a blessing . A priest came every ...
... fire but to boil it . She had lived in this garret a great many years , without paying rent to the successive Catholic inhabita ats that had kept the house ; who indeed considered her abode with them as a blessing . A priest came every ...
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