Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 519
... give us a fresh conviction of our own existence , his endeavours were useless and puerile ; be- caufe a man capable of being convinced by the argu- ments of another , must have a previous conviction of his own exiftence : but the ...
... give us a fresh conviction of our own existence , his endeavours were useless and puerile ; be- caufe a man capable of being convinced by the argu- ments of another , must have a previous conviction of his own exiftence : but the ...
Page 532
... give to things the names by which they are known in the language that we speak , and to exprefs their mutual re- lations by the words appropriated for that purpofe ; yet it is obviously impoffible to denote one thing by the name of ...
... give to things the names by which they are known in the language that we speak , and to exprefs their mutual re- lations by the words appropriated for that purpofe ; yet it is obviously impoffible to denote one thing by the name of ...
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... give a beginning to a colony , he Villa Rica affembled the principal perfons in his army , and by founded . their fuffrages elected a council and magiftrates , in whom the government was to be vefted . The perfons chofen were moft ...
... give a beginning to a colony , he Villa Rica affembled the principal perfons in his army , and by founded . their fuffrages elected a council and magiftrates , in whom the government was to be vefted . The perfons chofen were moft ...
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