Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660

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              you may make it again flexible as be­
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              fore. </s>
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              <s>Theſe, My Lord, are ſome of the
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              Conſiderations at preſent occurring to
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              my thoughts, by which it may be made
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              probable that Air may be generated a­
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              new. </s>
              <s>And though it be not impoſſible
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              to propoſe Objections againſt theſe, as
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              well as againſt what has been repreſented
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              in favor of the contrary Doctrine; yet
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              having already almoſt tyr'd my ſelf, and
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              I fear more then almoſt tyr'd Your Lord­
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              ſhip with ſo troubleſome an Enquiry af­
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              ter the Nature of bubbles, I ſhall wil­
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              lingly leave Your Lordſhip to judge of
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              the Arguments alledged on either ſide,
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              and I ſhould ſcarce have ventur'd to enter­
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              tain You ſo long concerning ſuch empty
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              things as the Bubbles, which have occa­
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              ſion'd all this Diſcourſe, but that I am
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              willing to invite You to take notice with
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              me of the obſcurity of things, or the dim­
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              neſs of our created Intellects (which yet
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              of late too many ſo far preſume upon, as
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              either to Deny or Cenſure the Almighty
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              and Omniſcient Creator himſelf) and to
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              learn hence this Leſſon, That there are
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              very many Things in Nature that we diſ­
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              dainfully over-look as obvious or deſpi-</s>
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