Encyclopædia 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 406
... afterwards call- ed Auguftus , went to Rome , to take poffeffion of his uncle's inheritance ; and then Mecenas became firft publicly known , though he appears to have been Au- guftus's intimate friend , and as it fhould feem guardian ...
... afterwards call- ed Auguftus , went to Rome , to take poffeffion of his uncle's inheritance ; and then Mecenas became firft publicly known , though he appears to have been Au- guftus's intimate friend , and as it fhould feem guardian ...
Page 481
... afterwards undertook the Life of Marlborough , fome were ap- prehenfive left he fhould forget that Marlborough was a general , as he had forgotten that Bacon was a phi- lofopher . The old duchefs of Marlborough affigned in her will this ...
... afterwards undertook the Life of Marlborough , fome were ap- prehenfive left he fhould forget that Marlborough was a general , as he had forgotten that Bacon was a phi- lofopher . The old duchefs of Marlborough affigned in her will this ...
Page 528
... afterwards , when expofed on- · ly for two days to the open air of a chamber , con- tracted a brown colour on the surface , and became fo friable as to crumble into powder between the fingers , the internal parts only retaining an ...
... afterwards , when expofed on- · ly for two days to the open air of a chamber , con- tracted a brown colour on the surface , and became fo friable as to crumble into powder between the fingers , the internal parts only retaining an ...
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