Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 586
... remain neuter ; and thus the colonists were freed from a most dangerous enemy . On this occafion the congrefs thought proper to hold a fo- lemn conference with the different tribes of Indians . The fpeech made by them on the occafion is ...
... remain neuter ; and thus the colonists were freed from a most dangerous enemy . On this occafion the congrefs thought proper to hold a fo- lemn conference with the different tribes of Indians . The fpeech made by them on the occafion is ...
Page 621
... remain . They will flower in June , and the feeds will ripen in Auguft . This plant will grow in any open fituation , but thrives best in a light fandy foil . The fecond fort is perennial , and very hardy . It thrives beft in a moift ...
... remain . They will flower in June , and the feeds will ripen in Auguft . This plant will grow in any open fituation , but thrives best in a light fandy foil . The fecond fort is perennial , and very hardy . It thrives beft in a moift ...
Page 629
... remain very long under water . " I have often gone to fhoot otters ( fays our author ) , and watched all their mo- tions : I have feen one of them go foftly from a bank into the river , and dive down ; and in about two mi- nutes rife ...
... remain very long under water . " I have often gone to fhoot otters ( fays our author ) , and watched all their mo- tions : I have feen one of them go foftly from a bank into the river , and dive down ; and in about two mi- nutes rife ...
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