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 407
... never to have enjoyed a good state of health in any part of his life : and many fingulari- ties are related of his bodily conftitution . Thus Pliny tells us , that he was always in a fever ; and that , for three years before his death ...
... never to have enjoyed a good state of health in any part of his life : and many fingulari- ties are related of his bodily conftitution . Thus Pliny tells us , that he was always in a fever ; and that , for three years before his death ...
Page 638
... never been examined , for that pur pofe , and made new notes and learned prefaces . He died in 1716 , after having written and published se- 3 . A D m 租 2 a I 1. 1 Maft . Maleah independence he was when Mr Bruce arrived there in 1769 on ...
... never been examined , for that pur pofe , and made new notes and learned prefaces . He died in 1716 , after having written and published se- 3 . A D m 租 2 a I 1. 1 Maft . Maleah independence he was when Mr Bruce arrived there in 1769 on ...
Page 705
... never admit in our fystem of watering ; for we find that it rots the turf , foaks and ftarves the land , and produces nothing but coarfe grafs and aquatic weeds . " When a meadow lies cold , flat , and fwampy , the Meadow . width of the ...
... never admit in our fystem of watering ; for we find that it rots the turf , foaks and ftarves the land , and produces nothing but coarfe grafs and aquatic weeds . " When a meadow lies cold , flat , and fwampy , the Meadow . width of the ...
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