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 vi
... thing which could be affirmed or denied of these categories was fuppofed to be com- prehended under five claffes called PREDICAbles . Among the Greek philofophers , therefore , the use of induction was to ascertain the category to which ...
... thing which could be affirmed or denied of these categories was fuppofed to be com- prehended under five claffes called PREDICAbles . Among the Greek philofophers , therefore , the use of induction was to ascertain the category to which ...
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... thing is not good ware , because there is no place in his ware - room that fits it . We are apt to yield tỏ this argument in philofophy , but it would appear ridiculous in any other traffic . " THE truth of these observations will be ...
... thing is not good ware , because there is no place in his ware - room that fits it . We are apt to yield tỏ this argument in philofophy , but it would appear ridiculous in any other traffic . " THE truth of these observations will be ...
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... thing into the flate in which we behold it . Fully aware of this , the Compilers of the Encyclopædia Britannica , befides giving . a general view of universal hiftory and chronology , have enriched this edition with a fhort , though ...
... thing into the flate in which we behold it . Fully aware of this , the Compilers of the Encyclopædia Britannica , befides giving . a general view of universal hiftory and chronology , have enriched this edition with a fhort , though ...
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... thing to ano- ther ; as , fo much a week , a man , a head , & c . A , among the ancients , was a numeral letter , and VOL . I. Part I. fignified 500 ; and when a dash was added on the top , A , 5000 . A , in the Julian calendar , is the ...
... thing to ano- ther ; as , fo much a week , a man , a head , & c . A , among the ancients , was a numeral letter , and VOL . I. Part I. fignified 500 ; and when a dash was added on the top , A , 5000 . A , in the Julian calendar , is the ...
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... thing trufted " him for his prudence . " Neither the Academy to nor the Lyceum could have furnished a man with fitter qualities to travel fo far abroad , and to such wife nations2 : 11 Abafcia . Abarticu- nations , about affairs no less ...
... thing trufted " him for his prudence . " Neither the Academy to nor the Lyceum could have furnished a man with fitter qualities to travel fo far abroad , and to such wife nations2 : 11 Abafcia . Abarticu- nations , about affairs no less ...
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