Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 1, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... occafion to confult only particular topics will find them illuftrated under the terms by which they are denominated . Contemplated from this point of view , the arrangement of the Encyclopædia Britannica needs not fhrink from a ...
... occafion to confult only particular topics will find them illuftrated under the terms by which they are denominated . Contemplated from this point of view , the arrangement of the Encyclopædia Britannica needs not fhrink from a ...
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... occafion to complain . While men of the first eminence in church and state have readily anfwered the letters that were addreffed to them , and either communicated the in- BUT while one part of our readers will regret that X PREFACE .
... occafion to complain . While men of the first eminence in church and state have readily anfwered the letters that were addreffed to them , and either communicated the in- BUT while one part of our readers will regret that X PREFACE .
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... occafion of the troubles in Bohemia . He was the firft of three extraordinary ambaffadors sent to England in 1620 , and the second in 1641 ; in which latter embaffy he was accompanied by the Lord of Brederode as firft ambaffador , and ...
... occafion of the troubles in Bohemia . He was the firft of three extraordinary ambaffadors sent to England in 1620 , and the second in 1641 ; in which latter embaffy he was accompanied by the Lord of Brederode as firft ambaffador , and ...
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... occafion of his leaving his native country , Har- Under the Pocration ‡ tells us , that the whole earth being infested word ' Aca with a deadly plague , Apollo , upon being confulted , B'S . gave no other anfwer , than that the ...
... occafion of his leaving his native country , Har- Under the Pocration ‡ tells us , that the whole earth being infested word ' Aca with a deadly plague , Apollo , upon being confulted , B'S . gave no other anfwer , than that the ...
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... occafion to that prophetic light , which , ac- cording to the Arabians , fhone on the foreheads of him , his ... occafions . If they are killed , as it commonly happens , before they have done much mischief , they reckon it highly meri ...
... occafion to that prophetic light , which , ac- cording to the Arabians , fhone on the foreheads of him , his ... occafions . If they are killed , as it commonly happens , before they have done much mischief , they reckon it highly meri ...
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acid acre againſt alfo alkali almoſt alſo ancient anſwer atmoſphere barley becauſe beſt cafe called calyx cauſe colour common air confequently confiderable confifts crop dephlogiſticated air diminiſhed diſtance Dr Priestley dung earth eſpecially experiments faid falt fame fays fecond feed feems feet fenfe fent feven feveral fhould fide fignifies filk firft firſt fituation fixed air fluid fmall foil fome fometimes foon fowing fown fpecies fpring ftand ftate ftill ftone ftrong fubftances fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed furface furrow grains greateſt ground harrow heat hiftory himſelf inches increaſe inflammable air itſelf kind king laft land laſt leaſt lefs leſs likewife meaſure moft moſt muſt neceffary nitrous air obferved occafion paffed perfon phlogiſticated plants plough poffible prefent produced publiſhed purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpace ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tube turnip ufed uſed veffel vegetable weft whofe