Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... reason to expect a kind reception from Cæfar , yet he hardly thought his life , he fays , worth begging ; fince what was given by a mafter might al- ways be taken away again at pleasure . But at their meeting he had no occafion to fay ...
... reason to expect a kind reception from Cæfar , yet he hardly thought his life , he fays , worth begging ; fince what was given by a mafter might al- ways be taken away again at pleasure . But at their meeting he had no occafion to fay ...
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... reason . The word comes from circumlo quor , I speak about . " 66 CIRCUMLOCUTION , in oratory , is the avoiding of fomething disagreeable or inconvenient to be exprefs- ed in direct terms ; by intimating the sense thereof in a kind of ...
... reason . The word comes from circumlo quor , I speak about . " 66 CIRCUMLOCUTION , in oratory , is the avoiding of fomething disagreeable or inconvenient to be exprefs- ed in direct terms ; by intimating the sense thereof in a kind of ...
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... reason and juftice , it is every where referred to for authority . It is not received at this day in any nation without some alterations : and fome- times the feudal law is mixed with it , or general and particular customs ; and often ...
... reason and juftice , it is every where referred to for authority . It is not received at this day in any nation without some alterations : and fome- times the feudal law is mixed with it , or general and particular customs ; and often ...
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... Reason , and other Deniers of natural and revealed Religion . " Clarke having endea- voured in the firit part of this work to fhow , that the being of a God may be demonftrated by arguments à priori , is unluckily involved in the ...
... Reason , and other Deniers of natural and revealed Religion . " Clarke having endea- voured in the firit part of this work to fhow , that the being of a God may be demonftrated by arguments à priori , is unluckily involved in the ...
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... reason of this uncommon preci . pitation , Mr Scheele next poured into a folution of alum a quantity of cauftic volatile alkali more than fuf- ficient to faturate the acid , in order to be certain of having it all taken off . The ...
... reason of this uncommon preci . pitation , Mr Scheele next poured into a folution of alum a quantity of cauftic volatile alkali more than fuf- ficient to faturate the acid , in order to be certain of having it all taken off . The ...
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acid affiftance againſt alfo alſo ancient animals becauſe befides body cafe called calyx caufe Cicero Cimbri circumftances coaft coal cold colour common confequence confiderable confifts court defign degree difcovered diftinguished drupeds Eaft emperor faid falt fame fays fecond feems fenfe fent feparate ferve feven feveral fhall fhip fhort fhould fhow fide fince firft fituation fize flowers fmall fnow folid fome fometimes foon fpecies fpirit fquare ftand ftate ftill ftone ftrata ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fupply fuppofed fupport furface himſelf houfe houſe hyperbola increaſe India itſelf kind king laft leaft lefs likewife Magnentius manner meaſure moft moſt muft natural neceffary obferved occafion paffed perfon prefent purpoſe quadrupeds quantity raiſed reafon refpect reft rife Roman Ruffia ſmall thefe themſelves thermometer theſe thofe thoracic duct thoſe tion trade ufually uſed veffels weft wheel whofe