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 453
... against the in- novations he was attempting ; which proving ineffec- tual , they at length threatened him with an open rup- ture , if he did no prevail on Mahomet to defift . At this Abu Taleb was fo far moved , that he earnestly ...
... against the in- novations he was attempting ; which proving ineffec- tual , they at length threatened him with an open rup- ture , if he did no prevail on Mahomet to defift . At this Abu Taleb was fo far moved , that he earnestly ...
Page 493
... against ALGIERS , an account of which was given under that article , n ° 12-18 . Here indeed it is thought that the emperor himself could not have escaped , had not the Maltese knights repulfed the Turks , who had attacked even the impe ...
... against ALGIERS , an account of which was given under that article , n ° 12-18 . Here indeed it is thought that the emperor himself could not have escaped , had not the Maltese knights repulfed the Turks , who had attacked even the impe ...
Page 728
... against the refifting obftacle . This is exemplified in the cafe of a man ftanding in a boat , and pu'hing with a pole against the bank of a river or lake . In this cafe every one knows that the boat will go off in a direction contrary ...
... against the refifting obftacle . This is exemplified in the cafe of a man ftanding in a boat , and pu'hing with a pole against the bank of a river or lake . In this cafe every one knows that the boat will go off in a direction contrary ...
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