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Authority Cited: Wollaston
Author name and dates: William Wollaston (1660-1724)

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Categories (list of works cited – preliminary)[BKG Note: one Wollaston cite identified in 1755 Dict. vol. 1, one Wollaston cite identified as added in the 1773 Dict. indicated in bold italic below. The edition of the title below used by SJ is unknown.]
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• The religion of nature delineated The sixth edition. To which is added a preface, containing a general account of the life, character, and writings of the author, 1738, London: printed for John and Paul Knapton; evanescent (p. 31 in 1738 edition, inexact quote, perhaps from memory); try (p. 64 in the 1738 edition, cited as Woolaston in 1773 Dict.  The quote is "Up and try," likely from memory as the author's name was not correctly remembered.)

[BKG Note: images of the text quotes are below.  The 1773 Dict. quote for evanescent is: "The difference of right and wrong, on some petty cases, is almost evanescent."  The text for evanescent is at lines 3 to 6 in the image below.  Both passages are supported by Latin and Greek footnotes.  The context of "Up and try" is an argument against predestination.]

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