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Page 99
... hundred should be sold of the first edition : and again , five pounds after the sale of the same number of the second edition : and another five pounds after the same sale of the third . None of the three editions were to be extended ...
... hundred should be sold of the first edition : and again , five pounds after the sale of the same number of the second edition : and another five pounds after the same sale of the third . None of the three editions were to be extended ...
Page 107
... hundred pounds , on which his widow laid hold , and only gave one hundred to each of his daughters . His literature was unquestionably great . He read all the languages which are considered either as learned or polite ; Hebrew , with ...
... hundred pounds , on which his widow laid hold , and only gave one hundred to each of his daughters . His literature was unquestionably great . He read all the languages which are considered either as learned or polite ; Hebrew , with ...
Page 285
... hundred , more or less ; he the said Jacob Tonson being obliged to make up the foresaid sum of two hundred sixty - eight pounds fifteen shillings three hundred pounds , at the beginning of the second impression of the foresaid ten ...
... hundred , more or less ; he the said Jacob Tonson being obliged to make up the foresaid sum of two hundred sixty - eight pounds fifteen shillings three hundred pounds , at the beginning of the second impression of the foresaid ten ...
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