Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 1. köide,2. number1810 - 399 pages |
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Page 458
... British , and on British bottoms . ALIMENT ( from alo to nourish ) , implies food both folid and liquid : from which , by the procefs of digeftion , is prepared a very mild , fweet , and whitish liquor , refembling milk , and ...
... British , and on British bottoms . ALIMENT ( from alo to nourish ) , implies food both folid and liquid : from which , by the procefs of digeftion , is prepared a very mild , fweet , and whitish liquor , refembling milk , and ...
Page 501
... British Alps , the Afiatic Alps , the Alps of America . The Scottish Alps terminate in a moft fublime and abrupt manner , at the great promontory the Alta Ripa of Ptolemy , the Ord or Aird , i . e . the Height , of Caithness . The upper ...
... British Alps , the Afiatic Alps , the Alps of America . The Scottish Alps terminate in a moft fublime and abrupt manner , at the great promontory the Alta Ripa of Ptolemy , the Ord or Aird , i . e . the Height , of Caithness . The upper ...
Page 511
... British , and fignifies " the price of virginity . " AMADABAT , a corruption from AHMED ABAD , or Ahmed's city , ( fo called from a king of that name ) ; a large and populous city of Indoftan , and the capital of the province of Guzerat ...
... British , and fignifies " the price of virginity . " AMADABAT , a corruption from AHMED ABAD , or Ahmed's city , ( fo called from a king of that name ) ; a large and populous city of Indoftan , and the capital of the province of Guzerat ...
Page 535
... British lords , maffacred by Hengift , lay buried , and refolving to perpetuate the memory of this action , he ordered his workmen to prepare a large quantity of ftones and other materials . But having , at the inftigation of Tremounus ...
... British lords , maffacred by Hengift , lay buried , and refolving to perpetuate the memory of this action , he ordered his workmen to prepare a large quantity of ftones and other materials . But having , at the inftigation of Tremounus ...
Page 566
... British feas do joined . from thofe of Dover ) till foundings are loft in the Pa- cific Ocean ; but that does not take place but to the fouth of the ifles . Between them and the ftraits is an increase from 12 to 54 fathom , except only ...
... British feas do joined . from thofe of Dover ) till foundings are loft in the Pa- cific Ocean ; but that does not take place but to the fouth of the ifles . Between them and the ftraits is an increase from 12 to 54 fathom , except only ...
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