Date: 1641
The "I" is not present in the body as a sailor is in a ship but is joined and intermingled with it
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Date: 1664
"But the source which produces these spirits is usually so abundant that they enter these cavities in sufficient quantity to have the force to push out against the surrounding matter and make it expand, thus tightening all the tiny nerve-fibres which come from it (in the way that a moderate wind ...
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