Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 563
... side of a mountain , or concealed in the depth of a wood , is almost a matter of indifference ; that it is at a diftance from public refort is fufficient . A caftle muft not be funk in a bottom ; but that it fhould ftand on the utmoft ...
... side of a mountain , or concealed in the depth of a wood , is almost a matter of indifference ; that it is at a diftance from public refort is fufficient . A caftle muft not be funk in a bottom ; but that it fhould ftand on the utmoft ...
Page 654
... side of the first meridian keep the globe in that situation , and count the same of the globe . All the Atlantic ocean , and America , number of degrees of latitude from the equator to . is on the west side of the meridian of London ...
... side of the first meridian keep the globe in that situation , and count the same of the globe . All the Atlantic ocean , and America , number of degrees of latitude from the equator to . is on the west side of the meridian of London ...
Page 748
... side by thick groves of fruit - trees . Above appear the re- mains of ancient grandeur , wonderfully contrafted with the humble ftraw cottages built at their feet . In the orchard of this convent is a fquare building with pilafters ...
... side by thick groves of fruit - trees . Above appear the re- mains of ancient grandeur , wonderfully contrafted with the humble ftraw cottages built at their feet . In the orchard of this convent is a fquare building with pilafters ...
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