Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... first appearance in public , declaimed with fuch vehemence againft Sylla's party , that it became expedient for him to retire into Greece ; where he heard the Athenian orators and philofophers , and greatly improved both in eloquence ...
... first appearance in public , declaimed with fuch vehemence againft Sylla's party , that it became expedient for him to retire into Greece ; where he heard the Athenian orators and philofophers , and greatly improved both in eloquence ...
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... first governed by Appius Claudius Pulcher : and after him by Cicero , who reduced seve- ral ftrong holds on Mount Amanus , in which some Ci- licians had fortified themselves , and held out againft his predeceffor . It was on this ...
... first governed by Appius Claudius Pulcher : and after him by Cicero , who reduced seve- ral ftrong holds on Mount Amanus , in which some Ci- licians had fortified themselves , and held out againft his predeceffor . It was on this ...
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... first granted them their privileges ; and that up Cinyras . on condition they fhould provide 80 fhips at their own charge for 40 day , as often as the king fhould have occafion in the wars ; he being then ftraitened for a navy to ...
... first granted them their privileges ; and that up Cinyras . on condition they fhould provide 80 fhips at their own charge for 40 day , as often as the king fhould have occafion in the wars ; he being then ftraitened for a navy to ...
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... first look for thofe characters that most frequently occur , and fet them down for vowels as before . Then ob- ferve the fimilar characters that come together ; but you must remember that two fuch characters may here belong to two words ...
... first look for thofe characters that most frequently occur , and fet them down for vowels as before . Then ob- ferve the fimilar characters that come together ; but you must remember that two fuch characters may here belong to two words ...
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... first places them in the order agreed on , and tranfcribes the first letter on every card . He then fhuffles them , according to order , and tranfcribes the fecond letter on each card . He fhuffles them a fecond time , and tranfcribes ...
... first places them in the order agreed on , and tranfcribes the first letter on every card . He then fhuffles them , according to order , and tranfcribes the fecond letter on each card . He fhuffles them a fecond time , and tranfcribes ...
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