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 501
... Sometimes they threw themselves on the ground , and solled in the duft , or covered their head with afhes ; they beat their breafts , and even tore their flesh with their nails , upon the lofs of a perfon they much lamented . When fons ...
... Sometimes they threw themselves on the ground , and solled in the duft , or covered their head with afhes ; they beat their breafts , and even tore their flesh with their nails , upon the lofs of a perfon they much lamented . When fons ...
Page 638
... Sometimes they are alfo called fecondaries of the horizon ; and in general any great circle , drawn through the poles of another , is call ed its fecondary . In geography every circle obtains the epithet of great whofe plane paffes ...
... Sometimes they are alfo called fecondaries of the horizon ; and in general any great circle , drawn through the poles of another , is call ed its fecondary . In geography every circle obtains the epithet of great whofe plane paffes ...
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... Sometimes ghofts appear , and difturb a houfe , and ftrength , that the exiftence of fuch people is now without deigning to give any reason for fo doing : with generally difbelieved . It is commonly thought , that thefe , the shortest ...
... Sometimes ghofts appear , and difturb a houfe , and ftrength , that the exiftence of fuch people is now without deigning to give any reason for fo doing : with generally difbelieved . It is commonly thought , that thefe , the shortest ...
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affiftance againſt alfo almoft alſo ancient angle bafe becauſe befides cafe calcined called caufe circle colour compofition confequence confiderable confifts defcribed defign degree diameter diftance duke duke of Burgundy earth ecliptic emperor equal faid falt fame fays fecond feems feen feet fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fhow fide filk fince firft fituation fize fmall folid fome fometimes foon fouth fpecies fquare France French ftands ftate ftill ftones fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport furface Gaul Gazna glafs glaſs globe height himſelf horizon houfe houſe inches increaſe interfection itſelf king laft latitude lefs likewife Louis meaſure meridian moft moſt muft muſt neceffary obferved occafion oppofite paffed perfon pole pounds prefent prince purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft reprefented rife Romans ſmall thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion triangle ufually uſed veffel vitrification weft whofe