Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 17. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 466
... house with a view to fave as much as poffible of my property and natural collections ; but was received in fuch manner , that I could not ven- ture to proceed . My houfe was fituated near the fhore , and unfortunately juft oppofite the ...
... house with a view to fave as much as poffible of my property and natural collections ; but was received in fuch manner , that I could not ven- ture to proceed . My houfe was fituated near the fhore , and unfortunately juft oppofite the ...
Page 553
... house . The air en- tering this breech freely , destroyed the drawing force of the funnel . The remedy would have been , filling up the breach , or rather rebuilding the funnel : but the landlord rather chofe to ftop up the chimney ...
... house . The air en- tering this breech freely , destroyed the drawing force of the funnel . The remedy would have been , filling up the breach , or rather rebuilding the funnel : but the landlord rather chofe to ftop up the chimney ...
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... house which had formerly been the palace of Julian the apoftate , of which fome remains are ftill feen . Afterwards the king gave him all the houses he had in the fame place , in exchange for fome others . The college has been fince ...
... house which had formerly been the palace of Julian the apoftate , of which fome remains are ftill feen . Afterwards the king gave him all the houses he had in the fame place , in exchange for fome others . The college has been fince ...
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