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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... directions , unlefs to avoid an im- mediate danger . The lieutenant , in time of battle , is particularly to fee that all the men are prefent at their quarters where they have been previously ftationed according to the regulations made ...
... directions , unlefs to avoid an im- mediate danger . The lieutenant , in time of battle , is particularly to fee that all the men are prefent at their quarters where they have been previously ftationed according to the regulations made ...
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... directions ; from fome of which there fuddenly fprung up bright branches of light , fomething refembling the explosion of a rocket that contained many brilliant ftars , if the discharge was upwards , in- ftead of the ufual direction ...
... directions ; from fome of which there fuddenly fprung up bright branches of light , fomething refembling the explosion of a rocket that contained many brilliant ftars , if the discharge was upwards , in- ftead of the ufual direction ...
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... direction of strangers . It is a lofty quare building with a ftaircafe , terminating in a flat roof , and round the base is a square court - yard . Great part of this extenfive heath has been enclofed . We read that David king of Scots ...
... direction of strangers . It is a lofty quare building with a ftaircafe , terminating in a flat roof , and round the base is a square court - yard . Great part of this extenfive heath has been enclofed . We read that David king of Scots ...
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... direction , but 20 miles farther diftant ; and Alicudi , 10 miles fouth - west of Felicudi ; are inhabited . Pannari is east of Lipari , the famous Stromboli north - caft , and both of them are inhabited . Lipari . The rest are in a ...
... direction , but 20 miles farther diftant ; and Alicudi , 10 miles fouth - west of Felicudi ; are inhabited . Pannari is east of Lipari , the famous Stromboli north - caft , and both of them are inhabited . Lipari . The rest are in a ...
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... direction of the firft Portuguese governor in thefe parts . It is large , populous , and pleasantly seat- ed on the declivity of a hill near the fea - coaft , and fa- cing the fouth - weft . The island is fupplied with fresh water from ...
... direction of the firft Portuguese governor in thefe parts . It is large , populous , and pleasantly seat- ed on the declivity of a hill near the fea - coaft , and fa- cing the fouth - weft . The island is fupplied with fresh water from ...
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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.