Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 3. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 427
... present ) on each fide the bafe of the footftalk of leaves and flowers , at their firft appearance , for the purpose of fupport : They are placed either fingle or double ; and fome times on the infide , as in the fig and mulberry ; or ...
... present ) on each fide the bafe of the footftalk of leaves and flowers , at their firft appearance , for the purpose of fupport : They are placed either fingle or double ; and fome times on the infide , as in the fig and mulberry ; or ...
Page 579
... present mode of administration , and fupprefs the rifing spirit of liberty throughout the kingdom . Tonnage and pound- age were continued to be levied by royal authority alone . The former arbitrary impofitions were ftill exacted ; and ...
... present mode of administration , and fupprefs the rifing spirit of liberty throughout the kingdom . Tonnage and pound- age were continued to be levied by royal authority alone . The former arbitrary impofitions were ftill exacted ; and ...
Page 697
... present the affairs of Great Britain had been continually growing worse . A long progrefs in the war had left us in a fituation in which there were no advantages to confole ; but dangers and calamities had arifen , which were unknown to ...
... present the affairs of Great Britain had been continually growing worse . A long progrefs in the war had left us in a fituation in which there were no advantages to confole ; but dangers and calamities had arifen , which were unknown to ...
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