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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... Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig. 2 ** } 1 * AY Entered in Stationers Hall in Terms of the A & of Parliament . } ? 1 * } SIR , KING . WHEN the Proprietors of the ENCYCLOPEDIA.
... Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig. 2 ** } 1 * AY Entered in Stationers Hall in Terms of the A & of Parliament . } ? 1 * } SIR , KING . WHEN the Proprietors of the ENCYCLOPEDIA.
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... king's library . AARSENS ( Francis ) , Lord of Someldyck and Spyck , was one of the greatest minifters for negocia- tion the United Provinces could ever boaft of . His father , Cornelius Aarfens , was Register to the States ; and being ...
... king's library . AARSENS ( Francis ) , Lord of Someldyck and Spyck , was one of the greatest minifters for negocia- tion the United Provinces could ever boaft of . His father , Cornelius Aarfens , was Register to the States ; and being ...
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... king of the locult , the angel of the bottomlefs pit . The infpired writer fays , this word is Hebrew , and in Greek fignifies ́A Toxauwr , i . e . a deftroyer . That angel - king is thought to be Satan or the devil : but Mr le Clerc ...
... king of the locult , the angel of the bottomlefs pit . The infpired writer fays , this word is Hebrew , and in Greek fignifies ́A Toxauwr , i . e . a deftroyer . That angel - king is thought to be Satan or the devil : but Mr le Clerc ...
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... king of Perfia , of the race of the Sophis . Succeeding to his father at 18 , in 1585 , he found the affairs of Perfia at a low ebb , occafioned by the con- quefts of the Turks and Tartars . He regained feveral of the provinces they had ...
... king of Perfia , of the race of the Sophis . Succeeding to his father at 18 , in 1585 , he found the affairs of Perfia at a low ebb , occafioned by the con- quefts of the Turks and Tartars . He regained feveral of the provinces they had ...
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... king William , as appears in his elaborate defence of the re- volution , and his hiftory of the affaffination - plot . He had great natural abilities , which he improved by true and useful learning . He was a moft zealous defender of ...
... king William , as appears in his elaborate defence of the re- volution , and his hiftory of the affaffination - plot . He had great natural abilities , which he improved by true and useful learning . He was a moft zealous defender of ...
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