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... those diftances would be reciprocally as their fquares , viz . 100 , 81 , 36 , 25 ; so that it would be four times greater in the perihelium P , than in the aphelium A : and this is the conftant law of all the Planets , both primary and ...
... those diftances would be reciprocally as their fquares , viz . 100 , 81 , 36 , 25 ; so that it would be four times greater in the perihelium P , than in the aphelium A : and this is the conftant law of all the Planets , both primary and ...
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... those who have their Arms in the Margin ; who are to pay Half a Guinea , at Subfcribing , and Half a Guinea more on the Delivery . The Work will be carried on with all convenient Expedition , provided the Projectors meet witha proper ...
... those who have their Arms in the Margin ; who are to pay Half a Guinea , at Subfcribing , and Half a Guinea more on the Delivery . The Work will be carried on with all convenient Expedition , provided the Projectors meet witha proper ...
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... those Wentworth - House April 25 , 1767. JOHN METCALF E. Mr. WILLIAM HALL , of Hough near Grantham , fent a neat Type , and Calculations of the Lunar Eclipfe January 4 ( for the Meridian of Hough ) And Mr. THOMAS ATKINSON alfo favoured ...
... those Wentworth - House April 25 , 1767. JOHN METCALF E. Mr. WILLIAM HALL , of Hough near Grantham , fent a neat Type , and Calculations of the Lunar Eclipfe January 4 ( for the Meridian of Hough ) And Mr. THOMAS ATKINSON alfo favoured ...
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... those who have no Skill , And please our Mafter's Will . With balf a Mouth in View , Our race a tawny Hue . And are often judg'd by thofe , Then We our Credit lofe . " Tis hard to tell from whence , That it did first commence . In ...
... those who have no Skill , And please our Mafter's Will . With balf a Mouth in View , Our race a tawny Hue . And are often judg'd by thofe , Then We our Credit lofe . " Tis hard to tell from whence , That it did first commence . In ...
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... those Countries till after the Eclipfe begins . JOHN METCALFE Meffrs . H Andrews , T. Atkinjon and J. Denbam have alfo obliged us with Calculations of thefe Eclipfes , but we could not find Room for their Infertion . Mr. W. Chapman , of ...
... those Countries till after the Eclipfe begins . JOHN METCALFE Meffrs . H Andrews , T. Atkinjon and J. Denbam have alfo obliged us with Calculations of thefe Eclipfes , but we could not find Room for their Infertion . Mr. W. Chapman , of ...
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Page 5 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 5 - Imprints a different bias, and to each Decrees its province in the common toil. To some she taught the fabric of the sphere, The changeful moon, the circuit of the stars, The golden zones of...
Page 13 - ... prodigies and predictions. For as it is the chief concern of wise men to retrench the evils of life by the reasonings of philosophy, it is the employment of fools to multiply them by the sentiments of superstition.
Page 5 - The golden zones of heaven; to some she gave To weigh the moment of eternal things, Of time, and space, and fate's unbroken chain, And will's quick impulse; others by the hand She led o'er vales and mountains, to explore What healing virtue swells the tender veins Of herbs and flowers...
Page 17 - Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Ed-ward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV...
Page 13 - Sibyls, that fore- bodes and prophefies from one end of the year to the other. She is always feeing apparitions and hearing death-watches ; and was the other day almoft frighted out of her wits by the great houfe-dog, that howled ia the liable at a time when me lay ill of the tooth-ach.
Page 14 - Though I know neither the time nor the manner of the death I am to die, I am not at all solicitous about it; because I am sure that he knows them both, and that he will not fail to comfort and support me under them.