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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... latter at firft extended the number to feven , but afterwards reduced it to three ; among which none of the ancient predicables are to be found , and only one of those which had been admitted by Locke . THESE different claffifications ...
... latter at firft extended the number to feven , but afterwards reduced it to three ; among which none of the ancient predicables are to be found , and only one of those which had been admitted by Locke . THESE different claffifications ...
Page xi
... latter , a brief view is given under the general article HISTORY ; the unavoidable defects of which are in a great measure 1 2 fupplied . information which was requested , or politely affigned reasons for wishing the lives of their ...
... latter , a brief view is given under the general article HISTORY ; the unavoidable defects of which are in a great measure 1 2 fupplied . information which was requested , or politely affigned reasons for wishing the lives of their ...
Page xiii
... latter to undertake the tafk which their deceased friend had hitherto discharged with so much credit to himself . In this propofal , after some hesitation on account of his distance from Edinburgh , Dr Gleig acquiefced ; but when he ...
... latter to undertake the tafk which their deceased friend had hitherto discharged with so much credit to himself . In this propofal , after some hesitation on account of his distance from Edinburgh , Dr Gleig acquiefced ; but when he ...
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... latter has long officiated under Dr Monro as diffector in the anatomical school of the university of Edinburgh , it is needlefs for us to fay how well he must be acquainted with the subjects on which we employed him to write . AEROLOGY ...
... latter has long officiated under Dr Monro as diffector in the anatomical school of the university of Edinburgh , it is needlefs for us to fay how well he must be acquainted with the subjects on which we employed him to write . AEROLOGY ...
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... latter embaffy he was accompanied by the Lord of Brederode as firft ambaffador , and Heemfvliet as third , to treat about the marriage of Prince William , fon to the Prince of Orange . He was likewise ambaffador - extraordinary at the ...
... latter embaffy he was accompanied by the Lord of Brederode as firft ambaffador , and Heemfvliet as third , to treat about the marriage of Prince William , fon to the Prince of Orange . He was likewise ambaffador - extraordinary at the ...
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