Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Հատոր 12 |
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... causes , civil , criminal , fpiritual , and feudal , and of fuch also as relate to the finances . The chapter con- fits of 60 perfons , who must either prove their nobility for four generations , both by father and mother , be- fore ...
... causes , civil , criminal , fpiritual , and feudal , and of fuch also as relate to the finances . The chapter con- fits of 60 perfons , who must either prove their nobility for four generations , both by father and mother , be- fore ...
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... cause in which they were engaged . This , however , did not prevent the Austrian troops , to the number of 6000 , from penetrating , without oppofition , into the heart of the city ; where they occupied every poft ; made the citizens ...
... cause in which they were engaged . This , however , did not prevent the Austrian troops , to the number of 6000 , from penetrating , without oppofition , into the heart of the city ; where they occupied every poft ; made the citizens ...
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... caused a great number of utensils of iron and inftruments to be made , which he sent thither , together with a quantity of por- celain veffels . Commerce , navigation , and the arts foon began to flourish . These islanders learned to ...
... caused a great number of utensils of iron and inftruments to be made , which he sent thither , together with a quantity of por- celain veffels . Commerce , navigation , and the arts foon began to flourish . These islanders learned to ...
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... cause of this appearance . Having put fome boiled mackerel into water , together Phil . Tranf . vol . lixa with falt and fweet herbs ; when the cook was , fome time after , ftirring it , in order to take out fome of the fishes , the ...
... cause of this appearance . Having put fome boiled mackerel into water , together Phil . Tranf . vol . lixa with falt and fweet herbs ; when the cook was , fome time after , ftirring it , in order to take out fome of the fishes , the ...
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... cause of the light of the fea . He thought that he had reafon to conclude , from a great variety of experiments , that all fea fishes have this property ; but that it is not to be found in any that are produced in fresh water . No ...
... cause of the light of the fea . He thought that he had reafon to conclude , from a great variety of experiments , that all fea fishes have this property ; but that it is not to be found in any that are produced in fresh water . No ...
Common terms and phrases
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Էջ 233 - A body of nobility is also more peculiarly necessary in our mixed and compounded constitution, in order to support the rights of both the crown and the people, by forming a barrier to withstand the encroachments of both.
Էջ 269 - I am lawfully called," said he, " to appear in that city, and thither will I go in the name of the Lord, though as many devils as there are tiles on the houses were there combined against me.
Էջ 290 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her...
Էջ 233 - ... to be precarious. The nobility, therefore, are the pillars, which are reared from among the people, more immediately to support the throne; and, if that falls, they must also be buried under its ruins.
Էջ 152 - ... as there are a great many other ways by which heat might have been communicated to it. And if we cannot argue from the removal of the antecedent to the removal of the consequent, no more can we from the admission of the consequent to the admis.
Էջ 72 - The logarithm of the root of a number is found by dividing the logarithm of the number by the index of the root.
Էջ 327 - These being of different standing and proficiency, he was obliged to divide them into four or five classes, in each of which he employed a full hour every day, from the first of Nov. to the first of June. In the first class he taught the first six books of " Euclid's Elements," plain trigonometry, practical geometry, the elements of fortification, and an introduction to algebra.
Էջ 14 - ... it, for fome minutes, globules of light as large as the heads of pins. When he prefled thefe globules, they appeared to his touch like a foft and thin pulp ; and fome days after the fea was covered near the coafts with whole banks of thefe little iifh.
Էջ 191 - The Golden Orb or Globe, put into the king's right hand before he is crowned, and borne in his left, with the sceptre in his right, upon his return into Westminster-hall after he is crowned.
Էջ 410 - I could walk with, till this soul, like a ray of light, entered into me, and my tongue began to speak, my eye to see, and my foot to walk ; therefore punish it eternally, but deliver me.