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# Title: Wherein the chief Causes of Error and Difficulty in the Sciences, with the Grounds of Scepticism, Atheism, and Irreligion, are inquir'd into (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 52)
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17
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in Wrritins ot single Stroaks, Points or
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compendious wars, ot makinione Cha-
racter sand in Place oF several Scroaks,
Or PoIms. And lastlr, the Nocation ot
the Arabians Or Indians came into ulc.
berein by the repecicion ot a few Ch2-
racters or Figures, and varrins che Sio.
nificationot cach Figure accordinstothe
che place it obcains, all Numbers mar
bc most apels expressd: Which scems
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Language, Pochac an exact Analoor id
oblerrd becrrixe the Nocation by Fi-
Bures, aud Wames, che nine simple Fi-
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