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Page 104
... able to discover a method of detect- troducing , or at least in vindicating ing sophistry , even when one is not it ; though I am inclined to think , able to give a logical confutation of that he took upon trust , from Boileau , its ...
... able to discover a method of detect- troducing , or at least in vindicating ing sophistry , even when one is not it ; though I am inclined to think , able to give a logical confutation of that he took upon trust , from Boileau , its ...
Page 360
... able to obtain . I have of them on the road , returning to noted in the margin the gradual in - the neighbouring villages with each a crease , viz . from every tenth child child in arms . But those who are so thrown upon the public ...
... able to obtain . I have of them on the road , returning to noted in the margin the gradual in - the neighbouring villages with each a crease , viz . from every tenth child child in arms . But those who are so thrown upon the public ...
Page 363
... able to tell you how which are evidently not of half their kindly I take the letters with which due weight this is the case at pre- you favour me . : Your last , contain- sent with the sixpences in England , ing an account of the death ...
... able to tell you how which are evidently not of half their kindly I take the letters with which due weight this is the case at pre- you favour me . : Your last , contain- sent with the sixpences in England , ing an account of the death ...
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