Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... give us a moft sen- fible proof of the high esteem and credit in which Ci- cero flourished at this time in Rome ; when , in a con- teft for empire , which force alone was to decide , we fee the chiefs on both fides fo folicitous to gain ...
... give us a moft sen- fible proof of the high esteem and credit in which Ci- cero flourished at this time in Rome ; when , in a con- teft for empire , which force alone was to decide , we fee the chiefs on both fides fo folicitous to gain ...
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... give him early notice of it ; upon which he fet forward to the fea - fide , with a defign to transport himself out of the reach of his enemies . There , finding a veffel ready , he prefently embarked ; but the winds being adverfe , and ...
... give him early notice of it ; upon which he fet forward to the fea - fide , with a defign to transport himself out of the reach of his enemies . There , finding a veffel ready , he prefently embarked ; but the winds being adverfe , and ...
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... give the head a broad appearance . The thorax is angular , and nar- rower than the head ; which conftitutes the character of the cicindela . It is rough , and of a green colour tinged with gold , as well as the head . The elytra are ...
... give the head a broad appearance . The thorax is angular , and nar- rower than the head ; which conftitutes the character of the cicindela . It is rough , and of a green colour tinged with gold , as well as the head . The elytra are ...
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... gives it the follow . ing character and name : Cimicifuga fatida , with the leaves of the herb Chriftopher , bearing ... give a natural account of this fable , Feftus fays , there was a valley furrounded with a pretty high ridge , which ...
... gives it the follow . ing character and name : Cimicifuga fatida , with the leaves of the herb Chriftopher , bearing ... give a natural account of this fable , Feftus fays , there was a valley furrounded with a pretty high ridge , which ...
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... gives an account of the tree in the Me- moirs of the Academy of Sciences at Paris in the year 1738 ; who both fay , that ... give out more extractive matter than the cin- chona officinalis . Some of it was imported from St Lucia , in ...
... gives an account of the tree in the Me- moirs of the Academy of Sciences at Paris in the year 1738 ; who both fay , that ... give out more extractive matter than the cin- chona officinalis . Some of it was imported from St Lucia , in ...
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