Encyclopædia 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 622
... most remarkably fo , and thunder and lightning of the most violent kind frequently occur without any rain . The ignis fatuus , aurora bo- realis , large fire - balls , and the fmaller ones called falling - stars , seem to depend upon ...
... most remarkably fo , and thunder and lightning of the most violent kind frequently occur without any rain . The ignis fatuus , aurora bo- realis , large fire - balls , and the fmaller ones called falling - stars , seem to depend upon ...
Page 626
... most importunate intreaties of the op- preffed flocks , yea the reprefentations of a general affembly itfelf , were contemned and despised . Every thing facred muft bow down at the feet of a party ; the holiness and happiness of mankind ...
... most importunate intreaties of the op- preffed flocks , yea the reprefentations of a general affembly itfelf , were contemned and despised . Every thing facred muft bow down at the feet of a party ; the holiness and happiness of mankind ...
Page 678
... most extensive , the most beautiful , and most delightful , that had ever been beheld . It was fix miles in circumference , and watered by a beautiful river which crossed it ; and there were pleasure - houses erected at proper distances ...
... most extensive , the most beautiful , and most delightful , that had ever been beheld . It was fix miles in circumference , and watered by a beautiful river which crossed it ; and there were pleasure - houses erected at proper distances ...
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