Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 4. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 652
... first monarch of the whole univerfe ( that is , of China ) , was called Puon - ku , or Puen - cu . This , according to fome , was the first man ; but according to Bayer and Menze- lius , two of the greatest critics in Chinefe litera ...
... first monarch of the whole univerfe ( that is , of China ) , was called Puon - ku , or Puen - cu . This , according to fome , was the first man ; but according to Bayer and Menze- lius , two of the greatest critics in Chinefe litera ...
Page 757
... first monarchs of the world . Numberless books have been loft , and those which have come down to us are mutilated or altered by tranfcribers . The Greeks began to write very late . Herodotus , their first historian , was of a credu ...
... first monarchs of the world . Numberless books have been loft , and those which have come down to us are mutilated or altered by tranfcribers . The Greeks began to write very late . Herodotus , their first historian , was of a credu ...
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... first brought from India ; the manufactory of it introduced into Europe by fome monks , 551 ; first worn by the clergy in England , 1534 . 276 Wines firft made in Britain . 277 The Franks fettled in Gaul . 284 The Dioclefian era ...
... first brought from India ; the manufactory of it introduced into Europe by fome monks , 551 ; first worn by the clergy in England , 1534 . 276 Wines firft made in Britain . 277 The Franks fettled in Gaul . 284 The Dioclefian era ...
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