. Conversations on the plurality of worlds . DISCOURSES ON THE Plurality of W o r l d s^^ To Monfieur i^ ^ ^ -^ O give you, Sir^ (as you de-fire) a full Account liow Ipafsd my Time at the Coun- tefs of D^^^s Country Seat, would make a large Volume ;and what is yet worfe, a Volume ofPhikfoj-^hj : Whereas the Entertain-ments you expe£l are of anotherkind, viz. Danciitg^ Gaming^ Huntingsmftead of which you muft take up with B Vortexes^. 2 TDifcourfes on the Vortexes^ Planets^ and New Worlds;thefe were the SubjeQ: of our Conver-fation. Now, as good Luck wouMhave it youVe a Philofopher, fo that itw
. Conversations on the plurality of worlds . DISCOURSES ON THE Plurality of W o r l d s^^ To Monfieur i^ ^ ^ -^ O give you, Sir^ (as you de-fire) a full Account liow Ipafsd my Time at the Coun- tefs of D^^^s Country Seat, would make a large Volume ;and what is yet worfe, a Volume ofPhikfoj-^hj : Whereas the Entertain-ments you expe£l are of anotherkind, viz. Danciitg^ Gaming^ Huntingsmftead of which you muft take up with B Vortexes^. 2 TDifcourfes on the Vortexes^ Planets^ and New Worlds;thefe were the SubjeQ: of our Conver-fation. Now, as good Luck wouMhave it youVe a Philofopher, fo that itwill be no great Difappointment ; nay,I fancy, youll be pleasd, that I havebrought over the Countefs to our Par-ty, we could not have gainM a moreconfiderable Perfon, for Youth aridBeauty are ever ineftimable: If IVifdom wouM appear with Succefs to Man-kind, think you flie could do it than in the Perfon of theCountefs ? And yet was her Companybut half fo am perfwaded allthe World woud run Mad after , tho I tell you all the Difcourfe IJiad with tlieLady,youmuft notexpe£tMiracles. from me. It is impolTiblewithout her Wit, to exprefs her Senti-ments, in the fame manner flie deli-. verM them : For my part, I think hervery Learned, from the great Difpofi-tion ihe has to Learning. It is notpeering upon Books that makes a ManV v^liolar. I know many who have done Plurality ^WORLDS. j done nothin
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