Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... says that it was three ftadia and meafures , according to Pliny , allowing to the Roman a half in length , and four jugera broad ; and thefe ftadia 625 Roman feet , each of which is 12 inches , what more than three English furlongs ...
... says that it was three ftadia and meafures , according to Pliny , allowing to the Roman a half in length , and four jugera broad ; and thefe ftadia 625 Roman feet , each of which is 12 inches , what more than three English furlongs ...
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... say , civil go- vernment , civil law , civil right , civil war , & c . CIVIL , in a popular fenfe , is applied to a complai- fant and humane hehaviour in the ordinary intercourfe of life . See CIVILITY . CIVIL , in a legal sense , is ...
... say , civil go- vernment , civil law , civil right , civil war , & c . CIVIL , in a popular fenfe , is applied to a complai- fant and humane hehaviour in the ordinary intercourfe of life . See CIVILITY . CIVIL , in a legal sense , is ...
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... says , " to be one of the most glorious actions of his life , and to afford un- deniable conviction , that he was in earneft in his re- ligion . " In 1728 , was published , " A Letter from Dr Clarke to Mr Benjamin Hoadly , F. R. S. occa ...
... says , " to be one of the most glorious actions of his life , and to afford un- deniable conviction , that he was in earneft in his re- ligion . " In 1728 , was published , " A Letter from Dr Clarke to Mr Benjamin Hoadly , F. R. S. occa ...
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... say that the city was fufpended in air , and that they failed beneath the houfes . Under thefe arches alfo were ways through which carts loaded with hay could pafs with . eafe . It began in the Forum Romanum ; measured 300 paces in ...
... say that the city was fufpended in air , and that they failed beneath the houfes . Under thefe arches alfo were ways through which carts loaded with hay could pafs with . eafe . It began in the Forum Romanum ; measured 300 paces in ...
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... says are thofe of the Multons , Humfranvilles , Lucies , and Piercies , evince it to have belonged in later times to thofe families . It appears that it was firft granted by Edward II . to Anthony de Lucie , fon of Thomas de Multon ...
... says are thofe of the Multons , Humfranvilles , Lucies , and Piercies , evince it to have belonged in later times to thofe families . It appears that it was firft granted by Edward II . to Anthony de Lucie , fon of Thomas de Multon ...
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