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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... towns . The three eftates are feldom called together , except to raise taxes for the fervice of the province , or upon ... town and fuburbs are 12 public places or fquares , 10 hofpitals , a beguin - house , and two fine quays , planted ...
... towns . The three eftates are feldom called together , except to raise taxes for the fervice of the province , or upon ... town and fuburbs are 12 public places or fquares , 10 hofpitals , a beguin - house , and two fine quays , planted ...
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... town of Cyprus , in Mariti's the fouth of the island . Of the ancient city nothing Travels but ruins now remains ; though it was a celebrated through place , even under the government of the dukes . King Cypru Richard , the conqueror of ...
... town of Cyprus , in Mariti's the fouth of the island . Of the ancient city nothing Travels but ruins now remains ; though it was a celebrated through place , even under the government of the dukes . King Cypru Richard , the conqueror of ...
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... town is fmall , but plea- fantly feated on a hill , with fhady woods ; and confifts chiefly of one broad street , not very well built . It is strong by fituation , and almoft inacceffible ; however , it was taken by the French in 1675 ...
... town is fmall , but plea- fantly feated on a hill , with fhady woods ; and confifts chiefly of one broad street , not very well built . It is strong by fituation , and almoft inacceffible ; however , it was taken by the French in 1675 ...
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... town of Kent , in England , near Hithe , and four miles from Romney , was formerly a port , till choked up by the fands ; and though it is thereby become a poor town , yet it has the horn and mace and other tokens left of its ancient ...
... town of Kent , in England , near Hithe , and four miles from Romney , was formerly a port , till choked up by the fands ; and though it is thereby become a poor town , yet it has the horn and mace and other tokens left of its ancient ...
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... town is very troublesome , and coaches and horfes are obli- ged to make a compaís . Lincoln . tion the wretched ftate of phyfic in thofe times ; and , by an application to Cardinal Wolfey , obtained a pa- tent in 1518 , by which the ...
... town is very troublesome , and coaches and horfes are obli- ged to make a compaís . Lincoln . tion the wretched ftate of phyfic in thofe times ; and , by an application to Cardinal Wolfey , obtained a pa- tent in 1518 , by which the ...
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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.