Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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Page 25
... less than ten circufes at Rome : the largeft was built by the elder Tarquin , called Circus Maximus , between the Aventine and Palatine mounts . circumference , or because the great games were cele- It was fo called , either because of ...
... less than ten circufes at Rome : the largeft was built by the elder Tarquin , called Circus Maximus , between the Aventine and Palatine mounts . circumference , or because the great games were cele- It was fo called , either because of ...
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... less than two centuries , fervitude was abolish- ed in most of the cities of France , and they became free corporations , inftead of dependent villages without ju- rifdiction or privileges . Much about the fame period the great cities ...
... less than two centuries , fervitude was abolish- ed in most of the cities of France , and they became free corporations , inftead of dependent villages without ju- rifdiction or privileges . Much about the fame period the great cities ...
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... less than fix months , and not exceeding two years ; with a power of inflicting a double confinement in cafe of the party's escape from the firft . And it is 5 allo enacted by the ftatutes 4 Geo . I. c . 11. and 6. Clergy Geo . I. c ...
... less than fix months , and not exceeding two years ; with a power of inflicting a double confinement in cafe of the party's escape from the firft . And it is 5 allo enacted by the ftatutes 4 Geo . I. c . 11. and 6. Clergy Geo . I. c ...
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... less than 15,000 coaches . Coaches have had the fate of all other inventions , te be brought by degrees to their perfection ; at pre- fent they seem to want nothing , either with regard to ease or magnificence . Louis XIV . of France ...
... less than 15,000 coaches . Coaches have had the fate of all other inventions , te be brought by degrees to their perfection ; at pre- fent they seem to want nothing , either with regard to ease or magnificence . Louis XIV . of France ...
Page 91
... less . All these ftrata are divided or parted from each other laterally , either by their even , fmooth , polished furfaces , with very thin lamina of foft or dufty matter betwixt them , called the parting , which renders them easy to ...
... less . All these ftrata are divided or parted from each other laterally , either by their even , fmooth , polished furfaces , with very thin lamina of foft or dufty matter betwixt them , called the parting , which renders them easy to ...
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