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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... kind except the French Encyclopédie . Of all the various fpecies of narrative - writing , it is acknowledged that none is more worthy of cultivation than BIOGRAPHY ; fince none can be more delightful or more ufeful , none can more ...
... kind except the French Encyclopédie . Of all the various fpecies of narrative - writing , it is acknowledged that none is more worthy of cultivation than BIOGRAPHY ; fince none can be more delightful or more ufeful , none can more ...
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... kind of cup- board or buffet . Livy , defcribing the luxury into which the Romans degenerated after the conqueft of Afia , fays , They had their abaci , beds , & c . plated over with gold . ABACUS , among the ancient mathematicians ...
... kind of cup- board or buffet . Livy , defcribing the luxury into which the Romans degenerated after the conqueft of Afia , fays , They had their abaci , beds , & c . plated over with gold . ABACUS , among the ancient mathematicians ...
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... kind of order of chivalry for their warriors ; and are fo formidable , that 100 of their enemies will fly before ten of these horse- men . The hatred which these savages , whofe manners , though rude and uncultivated , are in many ...
... kind of order of chivalry for their warriors ; and are fo formidable , that 100 of their enemies will fly before ten of these horse- men . The hatred which these savages , whofe manners , though rude and uncultivated , are in many ...
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... kind has many advantages ; it engages us to read with accuracy and attention ; it fixes the subject in our minds ; and , if we fhould happen to forget , inftead of reading the books again , by glancing a few lines we are not only in ...
... kind has many advantages ; it engages us to read with accuracy and attention ; it fixes the subject in our minds ; and , if we fhould happen to forget , inftead of reading the books again , by glancing a few lines we are not only in ...
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... kind , are recalled to the mind after the objects themselves are removed from our fight , they form what is called ... kind ; and their names ap-- plicable to whatever exiits conformable to fuch ideas . - Thus the idea of colour that we ...
... kind , are recalled to the mind after the objects themselves are removed from our fight , they form what is called ... kind ; and their names ap-- plicable to whatever exiits conformable to fuch ideas . - Thus the idea of colour that we ...
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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