men of unquefHonable abilities in this way ** Befides, when it
is confidered that the following work is not written for the
learned, but fuch as may want fome afiiftance in the derivation
of particular words ufed in Geometry, Architedture, and Per-
fpedtive, in order to fix their real meaning more laftingly on
their memory, it is prefumed that this confideration alone will,
in the view of the candid, fufficiently apologize for me. As for
thofe of an oppofite cafi: of mind, it is not eafy to fay what
would pleafe, or what difpleafe, them*
* As Chambers, Jolinfon, Bailey, Parkhurft, Lemon, Ac.
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is confidered that the following work is not written for the
learned, but fuch as may want fome afiiftance in the derivation
of particular words ufed in Geometry, Architedture, and Per-
fpedtive, in order to fix their real meaning more laftingly on
their memory, it is prefumed that this confideration alone will,
in the view of the candid, fufficiently apologize for me. As for
thofe of an oppofite cafi: of mind, it is not eafy to fay what
would pleafe, or what difpleafe, them*
* As Chambers, Jolinfon, Bailey, Parkhurft, Lemon, Ac.
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