Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 6. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... seems to be above the ordinary condition of mankind ; or those qualities or endowments of mind that are not ea- fily acquired : as , dignity or elevation of fentiment ; dignity of rank ; acuteness in reasoning on difficult fubjects ...
... seems to be above the ordinary condition of mankind ; or those qualities or endowments of mind that are not ea- fily acquired : as , dignity or elevation of fentiment ; dignity of rank ; acuteness in reasoning on difficult fubjects ...
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... seems defigned as a means of defence against fish of prey as they have lefs means of laying hold of it ; and are befides terrified by the numbers of fpines with which that part is armed , and which are capable of being erected on every ...
... seems defigned as a means of defence against fish of prey as they have lefs means of laying hold of it ; and are befides terrified by the numbers of fpines with which that part is armed , and which are capable of being erected on every ...
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... seems neceffary to feek for fome other principle than mere attraction to folve thefe phenome- na . When diluted oil of vitriol , for inftance , is pour- ed upon iron - filings , a great quantity of vapour arifes ,. which , if it was ...
... seems neceffary to feek for fome other principle than mere attraction to folve thefe phenome- na . When diluted oil of vitriol , for inftance , is pour- ed upon iron - filings , a great quantity of vapour arifes ,. which , if it was ...
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... seems at prefent , the mere wreck of its original fize . The Scilly ifles , the He- brides , Orkneys , Schetlands , and perhaps the Feroe islands , may poffibly be no more than fragments of the once far - extended region . I have no ...
... seems at prefent , the mere wreck of its original fize . The Scilly ifles , the He- brides , Orkneys , Schetlands , and perhaps the Feroe islands , may poffibly be no more than fragments of the once far - extended region . I have no ...
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... seem more or lefs confu- fed or clear according to the places they hold in the piece : Thofe that are very diftant , -weak , faint , and confufed ; thofe that are near and on the foremost ground , clear , ftrong , and accurately ...
... seem more or lefs confu- fed or clear according to the places they hold in the piece : Thofe that are very diftant , -weak , faint , and confufed ; thofe that are near and on the foremost ground , clear , ftrong , and accurately ...
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