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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... covered with duft , on which they drew their diagrams ; the word in this fenfe being derived from the Phoenician abak , duft . ABACUS , in architecture , fignifies the fuperior part or member of the capital of a column , and ferves as a ...
... covered with duft , on which they drew their diagrams ; the word in this fenfe being derived from the Phoenician abak , duft . ABACUS , in architecture , fignifies the fuperior part or member of the capital of a column , and ferves as a ...
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... covered with skins ; but appeared in the native garb of an Aboriginal Scot . As to what relates to his abi- lities , Himerius informs us , that " he was affable and " pleafant in converfation , in difpatching great affairs " fecret and ...
... covered with skins ; but appeared in the native garb of an Aboriginal Scot . As to what relates to his abi- lities , Himerius informs us , that " he was affable and " pleafant in converfation , in difpatching great affairs " fecret and ...
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... covered a part of them in the days of Strabo . The town is built upon a rock , which forms a handfome road for fhipping , and was out of the reach of inundations . See CANOPUS . ABOUT , the fituation of a ship immediately after fhe has ...
... covered a part of them in the days of Strabo . The town is built upon a rock , which forms a handfome road for fhipping , and was out of the reach of inundations . See CANOPUS . ABOUT , the fituation of a ship immediately after fhe has ...
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... covered with fnow . A. bruzzo is a cold country ; but the rigour of the climate is not fo great as to prevent the country from produ cing in abundance every thing requifite for the support of life . Vegetables , fruits , animals , and ...
... covered with fnow . A. bruzzo is a cold country ; but the rigour of the climate is not fo great as to prevent the country from produ cing in abundance every thing requifite for the support of life . Vegetables , fruits , animals , and ...
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... covered the face of the country : the natural philofopher will have a noble field for observation in the ftupenduous monu- ments that rise on all fides . Monte - corno and Majella are among the moft interefting ; the firft is like an ...
... covered the face of the country : the natural philofopher will have a noble field for observation in the ftupenduous monu- ments that rise on all fides . Monte - corno and Majella are among the moft interefting ; the firft is like an ...
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