Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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thou mix and ſpread ſo many different colours upon a Cloth, or
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men have in comparting Muſical intervals, in eſtabliſhing
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cepts and Rules for the management thereof with admirable
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light to the ear: When ſhall I ceaſe my aſtoniſhment? </
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reading of excellent Poets, with what admiration doth it ſwell
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any one that attentively conſidereth the invention of conceits,
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himſelf to find out a way to communicate his moſt ſecret thoughts
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to any other perſon, though very far diſtant from him either in
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time, or place, ſpeaking with thoſe that are in the
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India's
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ing to thoſe that are not yet born, nor ſhall be this thouſand, or
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rious collocation of ^{*} twenty little letters upon a paper? </
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be the Seal of all the admirable inventions of man, and the cloſe
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of our Diſcourſe for this day: For the warmer hours being paſt,
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I ſuppoſe that
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Salviatus
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hath a deſire to go and take the air in his
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Gondelo; but too morrow we will both wait upon you, to
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tinue the Diſcourſes we have begun,
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The wit of man
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admirably acute.
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The invention of
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above all others.
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Alphabet conſiſts.</
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