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... age , would forget his dinner , and his sleep , while fixed in the study of the stars . He took out the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Cambridge in his twenty - second year ; and soon after printed his SIR ISAAC NEWTON . 5.
... age , would forget his dinner , and his sleep , while fixed in the study of the stars . He took out the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Cambridge in his twenty - second year ; and soon after printed his SIR ISAAC NEWTON . 5.
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James Cossar Ewart. twenty - second year ; and soon after printed his work entitled " A New Theory of Light , " which was greatly admired by the first philosophers in Britain , France , and Germany . But he was not by any means vain ...
James Cossar Ewart. twenty - second year ; and soon after printed his work entitled " A New Theory of Light , " which was greatly admired by the first philosophers in Britain , France , and Germany . But he was not by any means vain ...
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... soon as the new regulation was adopted there for taking illus- trious and distinguished foreigners into that so- ciety . He rose early in the morning all his life , and wrote his " System of the World " when he was Master of the Mint ...
... soon as the new regulation was adopted there for taking illus- trious and distinguished foreigners into that so- ciety . He rose early in the morning all his life , and wrote his " System of the World " when he was Master of the Mint ...
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... before his death , and sometimes had severe paroxysms of pain , during which large drops of perspiration ran down his face yet by regimen and other means , he pro- cured many intervals of ease . As soon as he c 2 SIR ISAAC NEWTON . 19.
... before his death , and sometimes had severe paroxysms of pain , during which large drops of perspiration ran down his face yet by regimen and other means , he pro- cured many intervals of ease . As soon as he c 2 SIR ISAAC NEWTON . 19.
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James Cossar Ewart. cured many intervals of ease . As soon as he had a moment of ease , he would smile and talk with his usual cheerfulness . The business of his office , as Master of the Mint , was managed latterly by Mr. Conduitt , who ...
James Cossar Ewart. cured many intervals of ease . As soon as he had a moment of ease , he would smile and talk with his usual cheerfulness . The business of his office , as Master of the Mint , was managed latterly by Mr. Conduitt , who ...
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