Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or A Dictionary Of Arts, Sciences, And Miscellaneous Literature; Enlarged And Improved: A-Ame, Հատոր 1Archibald Constable, 1817 - 1817 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 100–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... kind of cup- board or buffet . Livy , defcribing the luxury into which the Romans degenerated after the conqueft of Afia , fays they had their abaci , beds , & c . plated over with gold . ABACUS , among the ancient mathematicians ...
... kind of cup- board or buffet . Livy , defcribing the luxury into which the Romans degenerated after the conqueft of Afia , fays they had their abaci , beds , & c . plated over with gold . ABACUS , among the ancient mathematicians ...
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... kind of order of chivalry for their warriors ; and are fo for- midable , that 100 of their enemies will fly before ten of thefe horlemen . The hatred which thefe favages , whofe manners , though rude and uncultivated , are in many ...
... kind of order of chivalry for their warriors ; and are fo for- midable , that 100 of their enemies will fly before ten of thefe horlemen . The hatred which thefe favages , whofe manners , though rude and uncultivated , are in many ...
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... kind of amnefty ; the punishment , not the in- famy , is taken off . ABOLITION , in the Roman law , is the annulling a profecution , or legal accufation : and in this fenfe , it is different from amnefty ; for , in the former , the ac ...
... kind of amnefty ; the punishment , not the in- famy , is taken off . ABOLITION , in the Roman law , is the annulling a profecution , or legal accufation : and in this fenfe , it is different from amnefty ; for , in the former , the ac ...
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... kind , in par- ticular , bear abftinence to a wonderful degree . We have feen rattle - fnakes which had lived many months without any food , yet ftill retained their vigour and fiercenefs . Dr Shaw fpeaks of a couple of ceraftes ( a ...
... kind , in par- ticular , bear abftinence to a wonderful degree . We have feen rattle - fnakes which had lived many months without any food , yet ftill retained their vigour and fiercenefs . Dr Shaw fpeaks of a couple of ceraftes ( a ...
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... kind ; and their names applicable to whatever exifts conformable to fuch ideas . Thus the idea of colour that we receive from chalk , fnow , milk , & c . is a representative of all of that kind ; and has a name given it , whiteness ...
... kind ; and their names applicable to whatever exifts conformable to fuch ideas . Thus the idea of colour that we receive from chalk , fnow , milk , & c . is a representative of all of that kind ; and has a name given it , whiteness ...
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