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 v
... those perceptions which we have by the organs of fenfe ; and which , treasured up in the memory , we can , by the powers of reafon and imagination , variously modify , ar- range , and combine , fo as from a number of particular truths ...
... those perceptions which we have by the organs of fenfe ; and which , treasured up in the memory , we can , by the powers of reafon and imagination , variously modify , ar- range , and combine , fo as from a number of particular truths ...
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... those of the ancients ; the 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 ...
... those of the ancients ; the 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 ...
Page ix
... those of the laft are wholly referred to the systems of which they are conftituents . SUCH has been the arrangement of the Arts and Sciences in every edition of the En- cyclopædia Britannica ; and it furely falls not under that censure ...
... those of the laft are wholly referred to the systems of which they are conftituents . SUCH has been the arrangement of the Arts and Sciences in every edition of the En- cyclopædia Britannica ; and it furely falls not under that censure ...
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... those eminent perfons by whom it was invented , or has been cultivated and improved . To gratify this curiofity , thofe who formed the plan of the Encyclopædia Britannica refolved to enrich it with a department not to be found in any ...
... those eminent perfons by whom it was invented , or has been cultivated and improved . To gratify this curiofity , thofe who formed the plan of the Encyclopædia Britannica refolved to enrich it with a department not to be found in any ...
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... those who have been in poffeffion of the world before us ; of the various revolutions of ftates and empires ; and of all the other means which have contributed to bring every thing into the flate in which we behold it . Fully aware of ...
... those who have been in poffeffion of the world before us ; of the various revolutions of ftates and empires ; and of all the other means which have contributed to bring every thing into the flate in which we behold it . Fully aware of ...
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