Bacon, Francis
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Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries
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HISTORY</
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allſides, Upwards, Downwards, Forewards, and Back-
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in Conſort,
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touching the
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Motions of
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what Lines
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they are Cir-
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Straight, Vp-
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in a right Line, as Viſibles do, but may be arched, though
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it be true they move ſtrongeſt in a right Line; </
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neverthelels is not cauſed by the rightneſs of the Line,
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the Wall, but arched over the Wall.</
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ſide, in an oblick Line: </
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Area of the Sound) yet they move ſtrongeſt, and go furtheſt in the Fore-
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Lines, from the firſt Local Impulſion of the Air. </
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ing, you ſhall hear the Preachers voice better before the Pulpit than be-
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