Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's
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An essay on perspective
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a Path, which ſeems to have
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been too much trodden already;
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Eſſay, on an Art, whoſe Sub-
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ject (one would think) ſhould have been
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long before this Time exhauſted; </
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have been ſo many Perſons, who have writ-
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ſound unple aſant in the Ears of the Publick
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Enemies of Repetition; </
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notwithst anding this, I deſire the Render to
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ſuſpend his Cenſure, until he h{as} heard </
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