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... origin , which shall be considered particularly adapted to the object in view , and , in part , of works written for the purpose , by distinguished native authors , under the direction of the editor , and the sanction of the Society ...
... origin , which shall be considered particularly adapted to the object in view , and , in part , of works written for the purpose , by distinguished native authors , under the direction of the editor , and the sanction of the Society ...
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... origin and causes of ignes fatui , it has put to flight the whole host of goblins , and imps and fairies , and sprites , that inhabited our low grounds and wastes , and required some holy incantation to lay them in the good old days of ...
... origin and causes of ignes fatui , it has put to flight the whole host of goblins , and imps and fairies , and sprites , that inhabited our low grounds and wastes , and required some holy incantation to lay them in the good old days of ...
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... origin and history of Mechanics ' Insti- tutions was brought before you on the first opening of your own Institution , with so much fulness and accuracy , by the learned gentleman , who addressed you on that occasion , that I may well ...
... origin and history of Mechanics ' Insti- tutions was brought before you on the first opening of your own Institution , with so much fulness and accuracy , by the learned gentleman , who addressed you on that occasion , that I may well ...
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... his experiment . I myself , in the course of my judicial life , have had occasion to learn from witnesses the origin and history , and gradual formation , of . two of the most elegant inventions in our own 26 STORY'S DISCOURSE .
... his experiment . I myself , in the course of my judicial life , have had occasion to learn from witnesses the origin and history , and gradual formation , of . two of the most elegant inventions in our own 26 STORY'S DISCOURSE .
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... in chemistry , owes its origin to an apparently trivial circumstance . The discoverer's atten- tion was drawn to an investigation of the cause of the twitching of a dead frog's leg ; and by patient 30 STORY'S DISCOURSE .
... in chemistry , owes its origin to an apparently trivial circumstance . The discoverer's atten- tion was drawn to an investigation of the cause of the twitching of a dead frog's leg ; and by patient 30 STORY'S DISCOURSE .
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