Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page xiii
... should have a place in a general repofitory of arts , fciences , and mifcellaneous litera- ture , must be acknowledged ; but it muft likewise be acknowledged that fuch omiflions are neither numerous nor very important ; for many ...
... should have a place in a general repofitory of arts , fciences , and mifcellaneous litera- ture , must be acknowledged ; but it muft likewise be acknowledged that fuch omiflions are neither numerous nor very important ; for many ...
Page xiv
... should have taught them ; for in the prefent rapid progrefs of phyfical fcience , when new difcoveries are daily made , it was obviously impoffible , at so early a period , to ascertain with precision how many vo- lumes would be ...
... should have taught them ; for in the prefent rapid progrefs of phyfical fcience , when new difcoveries are daily made , it was obviously impoffible , at so early a period , to ascertain with precision how many vo- lumes would be ...
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... should take precedence next to the Venetian minifter . He refided in France 15 years ; during which time he received great marks of efteem from the king , who created hin a knight and baron ; and for this reafon he was re- ceived ...
... should take precedence next to the Venetian minifter . He refided in France 15 years ; during which time he received great marks of efteem from the king , who created hin a knight and baron ; and for this reafon he was re- ceived ...
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... should attract the esteem of the laity by the fanctity of their manners , rather than claim it as due to their function . His notions and principles , however , not fuiting the humour of fome writers , have drawn upon him many severe ...
... should attract the esteem of the laity by the fanctity of their manners , rather than claim it as due to their function . His notions and principles , however , not fuiting the humour of fome writers , have drawn upon him many severe ...
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... depend upon finding it as he left it ; while veffels lay at anchor in the road till the tide should make , they have often been wrecked by ftorms " Aberdeen . ftorms which fuddenly arofe . It was very A BE A BE [ 15 ]
... depend upon finding it as he left it ; while veffels lay at anchor in the road till the tide should make , they have often been wrecked by ftorms " Aberdeen . ftorms which fuddenly arofe . It was very A BE A BE [ 15 ]
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