The Enquirer: Or, Literary, Mathematical, and Philosophical Repository ..., Volume 1William Marrat, Pishey Thompson Whittingham and Rowland., 1811 |
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Page 96
... perhaps , requires as great an exertion of the human intellect as any amusement that is practised in the present day ; and , like many others , is perfectly innocent when not abused : but it is a sedentary em- ployment , and requires no ...
... perhaps , requires as great an exertion of the human intellect as any amusement that is practised in the present day ; and , like many others , is perfectly innocent when not abused : but it is a sedentary em- ployment , and requires no ...
Page 120
... Perhaps I could vindicate his memory by very power . ful arguments ; but as it does not suit my present pur pose , I prefer pleading guilty . I go further , and bind myself to refund the debt with accumulated and com- pound interest ...
... Perhaps I could vindicate his memory by very power . ful arguments ; but as it does not suit my present pur pose , I prefer pleading guilty . I go further , and bind myself to refund the debt with accumulated and com- pound interest ...
Page 179
... perhaps it might be useful to add charcoal powder or fine sand to this com- position as well as to drying oil . The use of brimstone in the composition might be supposed to prevent the vegetation of fungi ; though if Braconnet may be ...
... perhaps it might be useful to add charcoal powder or fine sand to this com- position as well as to drying oil . The use of brimstone in the composition might be supposed to prevent the vegetation of fungi ; though if Braconnet may be ...
Contents
Two Epigrams of much point | 32 |
On the Usefulness of Mathematical Studies | 98 |
Essay on Satirical | 105 |
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