Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volumen1John Brown, 1816 |
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... sometimes ven- tured to correct the great lexicographer where we think him wrong , and where later writers have obviously improved upon him 2. The work supplies , besides , a complete compendium of general ki- terature , of science in ...
... sometimes ven- tured to correct the great lexicographer where we think him wrong , and where later writers have obviously improved upon him 2. The work supplies , besides , a complete compendium of general ki- terature , of science in ...
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... sometimes been omitted to make room for more important matter ; but the Pro- prietors think it proper to observe , that , with respect to England and Ireland , Ireland , they have given an account of even the 4 PREFACE . 4. These ...
... sometimes been omitted to make room for more important matter ; but the Pro- prietors think it proper to observe , that , with respect to England and Ireland , Ireland , they have given an account of even the 4 PREFACE . 4. These ...
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... ( sometimes , from the accidental run of the articles , a few more , and sometimes a few less ) 720 large octavo pages of letter - press , closely printed ; 2. It contains 350 plates , accurately engraved ; 3. It is , besides , provided ...
... ( sometimes , from the accidental run of the articles , a few more , and sometimes a few less ) 720 large octavo pages of letter - press , closely printed ; 2. It contains 350 plates , accurately engraved ; 3. It is , besides , provided ...
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... to the fenfe : - For cloves and nutmegs to the line - a , And even for oranges to China . Dryde * A in compofition feems to have fometim the power of the French a in these phrase adro adroit , agauche , & c . and sometimes to A A 2 )
... to the fenfe : - For cloves and nutmegs to the line - a , And even for oranges to China . Dryde * A in compofition feems to have fometim the power of the French a in these phrase adro adroit , agauche , & c . and sometimes to A A 2 )
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... sometimes to be con- tracted from at , as afide , aflope , afoot , asleep , athir , a - aware.t I gin to be a weary † of the fun , And with the state of th ' world were now undone . Shakespeare's Macbeth . And now a breeze from fhore ...
... sometimes to be con- tracted from at , as afide , aflope , afoot , asleep , athir , a - aware.t I gin to be a weary † of the fun , And with the state of th ' world were now undone . Shakespeare's Macbeth . And now a breeze from fhore ...
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