Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 1. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... prefent exi- gencies , in preventing future dangers circumfpect , a fearcher after wisdom , defirous of friendship , trust-- ing little to fortune , and having every thing trufted " to him for his prudence . " Neither the Academy , nor ...
... prefent exi- gencies , in preventing future dangers circumfpect , a fearcher after wisdom , defirous of friendship , trust-- ing little to fortune , and having every thing trufted " to him for his prudence . " Neither the Academy , nor ...
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... prefent with the pricft at the confeffion of her nuns . ABBEVILLE , a confiderable city of France in Picardy , and the capital of Ponthieu ; the river Somme runs through the middle of it , and divides it into two parts . It has a ...
... prefent with the pricft at the confeffion of her nuns . ABBEVILLE , a confiderable city of France in Picardy , and the capital of Ponthieu ; the river Somme runs through the middle of it , and divides it into two parts . It has a ...
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... prefent , in the Roman - catholic countries , the principal diftinctions obferved between abbots are thofe of regular and commendatory . The former take the vow and wear the habit of their order ; whereas the latter are feculars ...
... prefent , in the Roman - catholic countries , the principal diftinctions obferved between abbots are thofe of regular and commendatory . The former take the vow and wear the habit of their order ; whereas the latter are feculars ...
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... prefent of to the Bodleian library . ABBOTSBROMLEY , a town in Staffordshire , with a market on Tuesday . After the diffolution of the monafteries , it was given to the Lord Paget ; and has fince been called Paget's Bromley , and is fo ...
... prefent of to the Bodleian library . ABBOTSBROMLEY , a town in Staffordshire , with a market on Tuesday . After the diffolution of the monafteries , it was given to the Lord Paget ; and has fince been called Paget's Bromley , and is fo ...
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... prefent out of the Perlian fpoils . ABDALS , in the Eaftern countries a kind of faints supposed to be inspired to a degree of madness . The word comes , perhaps , from the Arabic , Abdallah , the fervant of God . The Perfians call them ...
... prefent out of the Perlian fpoils . ABDALS , in the Eaftern countries a kind of faints supposed to be inspired to a degree of madness . The word comes , perhaps , from the Arabic , Abdallah , the fervant of God . The Perfians call them ...
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