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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Page v
... almost infinite in number , and . for ever changing : fo that instead of a system of science , the first view of the corporeal world would lead us to imagine , that from our most diligent refearches nothing could . be obtained but a ...
... almost infinite in number , and . for ever changing : fo that instead of a system of science , the first view of the corporeal world would lead us to imagine , that from our most diligent refearches nothing could . be obtained but a ...
Page xii
... almost unavoidable , when it is known that , after the Work was far advanced , it was committed to the care of a new Editor , who , though he was in a great degree a stranger to the contents of the printed volumes , found no clue of his ...
... almost unavoidable , when it is known that , after the Work was far advanced , it was committed to the care of a new Editor , who , though he was in a great degree a stranger to the contents of the printed volumes , found no clue of his ...
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... almost exhausted ; and of those which were first called for , fome had not paffed through his correcting hand . THIS circumftance may perhaps account for fome defects and inaccuracies in that part of the Work , to which the second ...
... almost exhausted ; and of those which were first called for , fome had not paffed through his correcting hand . THIS circumftance may perhaps account for fome defects and inaccuracies in that part of the Work , to which the second ...
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... almost always adheres to the literal fenfe , and every where gives proofs of his genius and good fenfe : he , however , advances fome erroneous fentiments . The fcarceft of all his books is intitled , Jefud Mora ; which is a theological ...
... almost always adheres to the literal fenfe , and every where gives proofs of his genius and good fenfe : he , however , advances fome erroneous fentiments . The fcarceft of all his books is intitled , Jefud Mora ; which is a theological ...
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... almost all parts of this great county , who get 4s . per dozen for fpinning , and 14 s . per dozen for knitting ; fo that there is an- nually paid them 62,3291 . 148. There is , befides , a- bout 20ccl . value of ftockings manufactured ...
... almost all parts of this great county , who get 4s . per dozen for fpinning , and 14 s . per dozen for knitting ; fo that there is an- nually paid them 62,3291 . 148. There is , befides , a- bout 20ccl . value of ftockings manufactured ...
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