Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 494
... should begin his attack . Piali , the Turkish admiral , agreeably to what he understood to have been the fultan's inftructions , was of opinion that they ought not to enter upon action till Dragut fhould ar- rive . But Mustapha having ...
... should begin his attack . Piali , the Turkish admiral , agreeably to what he understood to have been the fultan's inftructions , was of opinion that they ought not to enter upon action till Dragut fhould ar- rive . But Mustapha having ...
Page 495
... should stand in need of ; and was determined , as foon as it should be neceffary , to come himself to their affistance , with a fixed unalterable pupofe to lay down his life fooner than deliver the fort into the hands of the infidels ...
... should stand in need of ; and was determined , as foon as it should be neceffary , to come himself to their affistance , with a fixed unalterable pupofe to lay down his life fooner than deliver the fort into the hands of the infidels ...
Page 759
... should not be large , nor placed very high , not only to prevent overturning , but that its motion may not be thereby impeded ; for the velocity will be in proportion to the force of the wind on the fails to that on the body of the ...
... should not be large , nor placed very high , not only to prevent overturning , but that its motion may not be thereby impeded ; for the velocity will be in proportion to the force of the wind on the fails to that on the body of the ...
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