Encyclopædia 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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... sometimes added afterwards in burlefque poetry ; in which case it only makes an additional fyllable with- out any alteration of the fenfe , as the interjection O very often does in our ballads . It is also sometimes rcdundant , as in ...
... sometimes added afterwards in burlefque poetry ; in which case it only makes an additional fyllable with- out any alteration of the fenfe , as the interjection O very often does in our ballads . It is also sometimes rcdundant , as in ...
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... sometimes not above three feet . Clearing away the fand , though but a par- tial and temporary remedy , was a matter of great ex- pence to the community : If it was cleared one week fo as to have five or fix feet of water at ebb , a ...
... sometimes not above three feet . Clearing away the fand , though but a par- tial and temporary remedy , was a matter of great ex- pence to the community : If it was cleared one week fo as to have five or fix feet of water at ebb , a ...
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... Sometimes they have no other infcription befides the word : but others have the names of faints , angels , or Jehovah himfelf annexed ; though moft ufually the name of the Bafilidian god . Sometimes there is a re- presentation of Isis ...
... Sometimes they have no other infcription befides the word : but others have the names of faints , angels , or Jehovah himfelf annexed ; though moft ufually the name of the Bafilidian god . Sometimes there is a re- presentation of Isis ...
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... sometimes present at the ordinary meetings , and par- ticularly at the annual affembly in April for the elec- tion of members . Any perfon who fends a treatise which is thought worthy of being printed , receives the transactions for ...
... sometimes present at the ordinary meetings , and par- ticularly at the annual affembly in April for the elec- tion of members . Any perfon who fends a treatise which is thought worthy of being printed , receives the transactions for ...
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... sometimes on herbs and among hay . It is fuppofed to be poisonous if fwallowed ; but we do not feem to have any certain ac- count of fuch an effect . 12. The longipes is the largest of the acarus kind its body is roundish , of a dusky ...
... sometimes on herbs and among hay . It is fuppofed to be poisonous if fwallowed ; but we do not feem to have any certain ac- count of fuch an effect . 12. The longipes is the largest of the acarus kind its body is roundish , of a dusky ...
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acid acre againſt alfo alkali almoſt alſo ancient anſwer atmoſphere barley becauſe beſt cafe called calyx cauſe colour common air confequently confiderable confifts crop dephlogiſticated air diminiſhed diſtance Dr Priestley dung earth eſpecially experiments faid falt fame fays fecond feed feems feet fenfe fent feven feveral fhould fide fignifies filk firft firſt fituation fixed air fluid fmall foil fome fometimes foon fowing fown fpecies fpring ftand ftate ftill ftone ftrong fubftances fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed furface furrow grains greateſt ground harrow heat hiftory himſelf inches increaſe inflammable air itſelf kind king laft land laſt leaſt lefs leſs likewife meaſure moft moſt muſt neceffary nitrous air obferved occafion paffed perfon phlogiſticated plants plough poffible prefent produced publiſhed purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpace ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tube turnip ufed uſed veffel vegetable weft whofe