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'' | <p>the long vacation, and a Person nothing very remarkable<lb/> | ||
as I know of for either Rank or Abilities; which they <del>are</del><lb/> | |||
generally are, that attain to that honour. — a Resignation<lb/> | |||
has lately happened at New-College, which secures to my<lb/> | |||
Friend Gauntlett his Election; a thing which he had not<lb/> | |||
any hopes of half a Year ago; but there have <sic>happen'd</sic><lb/> | |||
more Vacancies this Year than ever were known before;<lb/> | |||
the Fellowships there are very good, besides a great many<lb/> | |||
Livings the College has.</p> | |||
<p>We have gone through the Science of Mechanics with<lb/> | |||
M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Bliss, having <sic>finish'd</sic> on Saturday; and yesterday<lb/> | |||
we begun upon Optics; there are two more remaining, viz:<lb/> | |||
Hydrostatics, and Pneumatics. M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Bliss seems to be a very<lb/> | |||
good sort of a Man, but I doubt is not very well qualified<lb/> | |||
for his Office, in the practical Way I mean, for he<lb/> | |||
is <sic>oblig'd</sic> to make excuses for almost every Experiment</p> | |||
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the long vacation, and a Person nothing very remarkable
as I know of for either Rank or Abilities; which they are
generally are, that attain to that honour. — a Resignation
has lately happened at New-College, which secures to my
Friend Gauntlett his Election; a thing which he had not
any hopes of half a Year ago; but there have happen'd
more Vacancies this Year than ever were known before;
the Fellowships there are very good, besides a great many
Livings the College has.
We have gone through the Science of Mechanics with
Mr Bliss, having finish'd on Saturday; and yesterday
we begun upon Optics; there are two more remaining, viz:
Hydrostatics, and Pneumatics. Mr Bliss seems to be a very
good sort of a Man, but I doubt is not very well qualified
for his Office, in the practical Way I mean, for he
is oblig'd to make excuses for almost every Experiment
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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