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than_o speech_n and_o be_v therefore_o much_o more_o considerable_a and_o though_o word_n once_o utter_v can_v be_v recall_v no_o more_o than_o a_o write_a thing_n be_v retract_v yet_o be_v consign_v to_o a_o very_a flit_a and_o inconstant_a element_n they_o be_v of_o little_a duration_n whereas_o be_v write_v they_o last_v to_o eternity_n which_o consideration_n so_o high_o incense_v m._n anthony_n against_o cicero_n for_o publish_v his_o philippic_n against_o he_o and_o make_v bubalus_n hang_v himself_o for_o what_o hippanax_n have_v write_v against_o he_o as_o lycambes_n do_v upon_o archilochus_n iambic_n for_o the_o benefit_n and_o mischief_n of_o write_v be_v great_a which_o make_v for_o it_o since_o the_o more_o excellent_a a_o thing_n be_v the_o more_o hurtful_a the_o abuse_n of_o it_o be_v and_o according_a to_o aristotle_n man_n abuse_v every_o thing_n except_o virtue_n the_o
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the_o tooth_n and_o the_o lip_n make_v the_o speech_n but_o the_o mind_n alone_o beget_v the_o thought_n which_o write_v consign_n to_o the_o sight_n the_o noble_a of_o the_o sense_n eloquence_n be_v diminish_v by_o disease_n old_a age_n or_o the_o least_o indisposition_n of_o the_o organ_n but_o the_o style_n which_o depend_v on_o the_o mind_n alone_o which_o never_o grow_v old_a become_v more_o vigorous_a as_o the_o body_n wax_v weak_a at_o length_n it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o present_a question_n make_v up_o the_o century_n of_o those_o propound_v since_o the_o resolution_n of_o print_v it_o seem_v fit_a to_o make_v they_o the_o first_o volume_n of_o conference_n and_o because_o this_o number_n the_o season_n the_o example_n of_o other_o the_o affair_n which_o many_o have_v in_o the_o country_n and_o the_o necessity_n for_o mind_n as_o well_o as_o body_n to_o take_v some_o relaxation_n require_v a_o vacation_n for_o this_o company_n it_o be_v therefore_o adjourn_v till_o monday_n 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a_o person_n be_v in_o his_o closet_n may_v make_v his_o mind_n understand_v in_o a_o hundred_o place_n of_o the_o house_n and_o receive_v answer_n by_o the_o same_o way_n without_o noise_n and_o without_o notice_n take_v thereof_o by_o those_o that_o shall_v be_v in_o his_o company_n xvi_o to_o show_v and_o teach_v the_o true_a proportion_n of_o man_n body_n in_o one_o lecture_n as_o exact_o as_o albert_n durer_n have_v do_v xvii_o to_o describe_v all_o plat-form_n and_o design_v all_o the_o order_n of_o column_n exact_o according_a to_o their_o true_a proportion_n xviii_o a_o way_n to_o engrave_v very_o easy_o with_o aqua_fw-la fortis_fw-la without_o know_v how_o to_o hatch_v xix_o to_o cast_v account_n without_o pen_n or_o counter_n by_o a_o way_n which_o can_v be_v forget_v xx._n to_o learn_v the_o method_n of_o write_v in_o one_o hour_n by_o retain_v only_o three_o letter_n xxi_o to_o keep_v flower_n yea_o a_o whole_a garden_n fresh_a throughout_o the_o year_n xxii_o to_o learn_v all_o the_o trick_n and_o subtlety_n of_o juggler_n and_o consequent_o to_o cease_v admire_v they_o xxiii_o to_o make_v two_o solid_a body_n actual_o cold_a which_o be_v together_o shall_v become_v so_o hot_a of_o themselves_o immediate_o as_o not_o to_o be_v touch_v and_o to_o keep_v their_o heat_n for_o several_a month_n and_o possible_o for_o some_o year_n xxiv_o to_o show_v in_o a_o portable_a instrument_n in_o small_a or_o great_a proportion_n all_o object_n that_o shall_v be_v present_v xxv_o to_o teach_v a_o mother-language_n of_o which_o all_o other_o language_n be_v dialect_n and_o may_v be_v learn_v by_o it_o which_o the_o proposer_n affirm_v so_o easy_a that_o he_o will_v teach_v the_o whole_a grammar_n of_o it_o in_o six_o hour_n but_o six_o month_n be_v requisite_a to_o learn_v the_o signification_n of_o all_o its_o word_n xxvi_o to_o teach_v all_o person_n to_o argue_v without_o error_n in_o all_o kind_n of_o modes_n and_o figures_n in_o a_o quarter_n of_o a_o hour_n xxvii_o to_o show_v a_o secret_a by_o help_n whereof_o any_o man_n may_v pronounce_v any_o strange_a language_n as_o natural_o as_o his_o own_o be_v it_o astatick_fw-mi african_a or_o american_n and_o he_o a_o european_a or_o on_o the_o contrary_a which_o be_v a_o way_n to_o remedy_v the_o bad_a accent_n and_o pronuntiation_n both_o in_o stranger_n and_o native_n whereby_o they_o be_v so_o manifest_o distinguish_v xxviii_o to_o make_v a_o girder_n or_o joint_n break_v in_o two_o or_o three_o place_n to_o serve_v without_o pin_n xxix_o to_o pierce_v a_o door_n immediate_o with_o a_o candle_n not_o light_v xxx_o to_o make_v a_o pistol_n of_o a_o foot_n and_o half_a in_o length_n carry_v three_o hundred_o pace_n xxxi_o to_o make_v a_o good_a quantity_n of_o fresh_a water_n speedy_o in_o the_o main_a sea_n xxxii_o to_o measure_v the_o depth_n of_o the_o sea_n where_o the_o plummet_n can_v reach_v or_o where_o it_o be_v unperceiveable_a xxxiii_o to_o show_v all_o the_o feat_n and_o 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