Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 465
... most eminent medical men to fupport the rifing fame of the college , their attention was foon directed towards Cul- len ; who , on the death of Dr Plumber , profeffor of chemistry , was , in 1756 , unanimously invited to accept the ...
... most eminent medical men to fupport the rifing fame of the college , their attention was foon directed towards Cul- len ; who , on the death of Dr Plumber , profeffor of chemistry , was , in 1756 , unanimously invited to accept the ...
Page 479
... most ancient epiftles , the one from the church at Smyrna to the church at Philadelphia ; the other from the Chriftians at Vienna and Lyons to thofe in Afia and Phrygia - their antiquity and authenticity are undoubted . Great part of ...
... most ancient epiftles , the one from the church at Smyrna to the church at Philadelphia ; the other from the Chriftians at Vienna and Lyons to thofe in Afia and Phrygia - their antiquity and authenticity are undoubted . Great part of ...
Page 780
... most piteous lamenta- 40 The laft fe- order . tions ! The laft fecret communicated to the most favoured cret of the adepts was the novelty of the order . Hitherto their zeal had been inflamed , and their refpe & t demanded to an ...
... most piteous lamenta- 40 The laft fe- order . tions ! The laft fecret communicated to the most favoured cret of the adepts was the novelty of the order . Hitherto their zeal had been inflamed , and their refpe & t demanded to an ...
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