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 519
... lived to the age of 74. George II . of Britain lived to that of 77. Louis XIV . lived to the fame age . Stanislaus king of Pɔ- land and duke of Lorrain exceeded that age . Pope Cle- ment XII . lived to the age of 80. George I. of Bri ...
... lived to the age of 74. George II . of Britain lived to that of 77. Louis XIV . lived to the fame age . Stanislaus king of Pɔ- land and duke of Lorrain exceeded that age . Pope Cle- ment XII . lived to the age of 80. George I. of Bri ...
Page 520
... lived to a great age while they fed upon nothing but the wild roots and fruits which they found in the desert whither they had retired . The philofopher Xenophi- lus , who lived to the age of 106 , was of the Pythago- rean fect . It is ...
... lived to a great age while they fed upon nothing but the wild roots and fruits which they found in the desert whither they had retired . The philofopher Xenophi- lus , who lived to the age of 106 , was of the Pythago- rean fect . It is ...
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... lived in northern than in fouthern countries . It has been obferved , that there are more old men in moun- tains and elevated situations than in plains and low countries . We repeat it , if the duration of life among the inhabitants of ...
... lived in northern than in fouthern countries . It has been obferved , that there are more old men in moun- tains and elevated situations than in plains and low countries . We repeat it , if the duration of life among the inhabitants of ...
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