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 vii
... give at once a complete chart of knowledge , have been cenfured , not only as prefumptuous , but as the fertile fources of error , by a philofopher whofe writings do honour to this age and nation . “ To make a perfect divifion ( fays Dr ...
... give at once a complete chart of knowledge , have been cenfured , not only as prefumptuous , but as the fertile fources of error , by a philofopher whofe writings do honour to this age and nation . “ To make a perfect divifion ( fays Dr ...
Page ix
... give a compendious , yet clear and fatisfactory , account of the feveral arts and sciences under their proper denominations , whilft the fubordinate articles in each were likewife explained under their technical terms . Thefe ...
... give a compendious , yet clear and fatisfactory , account of the feveral arts and sciences under their proper denominations , whilft the fubordinate articles in each were likewife explained under their technical terms . Thefe ...
Page xiii
... give under one title an explanation of subjects which had been before explained under another ; and to omit articles altogether , from a persuasion that they had been difcuffed in fome preceding volume under the general fyftem to which ...
... give under one title an explanation of subjects which had been before explained under another ; and to omit articles altogether , from a persuasion that they had been difcuffed in fome preceding volume under the general fyftem to which ...
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... give the fhip Stern - way , in order to avoid fome danger discovered before her in a narrow channel , or when she has advanced beyond her ftation in the line of battle , or otherwife . The fails are placed in this position by flackening ...
... give the fhip Stern - way , in order to avoid fome danger discovered before her in a narrow channel , or when she has advanced beyond her ftation in the line of battle , or otherwife . The fails are placed in this position by flackening ...
Page 7
... give him the title of Baba , or Papa , that is , Grandfather ; a title which he bore before the bishop of Rome . It is a Jewish title of honour given to certain rabbins called Tanaites : and it is alfo particularly ufed , by fome ...
... give him the title of Baba , or Papa , that is , Grandfather ; a title which he bore before the bishop of Rome . It is a Jewish title of honour given to certain rabbins called Tanaites : and it is alfo particularly ufed , by fome ...
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