Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge. [With] Supp, Volumen10 |
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... Late . The inhabitants rear great numbers of fheep , which browse upon the hollies . The woods afford charcoal for melting iron ore , and oak bark for tanners , in great abundance . The forefts a- bound with deer and willd boars , and ...
... Late . The inhabitants rear great numbers of fheep , which browse upon the hollies . The woods afford charcoal for melting iron ore , and oak bark for tanners , in great abundance . The forefts a- bound with deer and willd boars , and ...
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... late Duke of kahmond , through whom he inherited the blood , and even the features , of the royal Houfe of Stew- art ; but in character , as has been obferved by Mr Burke , he bore a much ciofer refemblance to Hen- IV . of France ...
... late Duke of kahmond , through whom he inherited the blood , and even the features , of the royal Houfe of Stew- art ; but in character , as has been obferved by Mr Burke , he bore a much ciofer refemblance to Hen- IV . of France ...
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... late , he gave he credit for having wished to decline a con- test , which his previous explanation had rendered wartefary , and of being forced up only by the wretched and provoking fophiftry of his opponent . Adopting a loofenefs of ...
... late , he gave he credit for having wished to decline a con- test , which his previous explanation had rendered wartefary , and of being forced up only by the wretched and provoking fophiftry of his opponent . Adopting a loofenefs of ...
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... late ; Mad at a foxchase , wise at a debate . land ; 25 miles N. of Gothenburg . FOXERNA , a town of Sweden , in W. Got FOXEVIL . n . f . [ fox and evil . ] A kind of difeafe in which the hair fheds . * FOXFISH . n . J. \ vulpecula ...
... late ; Mad at a foxchase , wise at a debate . land ; 25 miles N. of Gothenburg . FOXERNA , a town of Sweden , in W. Got FOXEVIL . n . f . [ fox and evil . ] A kind of difeafe in which the hair fheds . * FOXFISH . n . J. \ vulpecula ...
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... late king , Lewis III . and Carloman , were crowned Kings of France . Another kingdom was at that tune erected by an affembly of the states , viz that of Provence , which confifted of the countries fince called Lyonnois , Savoy ...
... late king , Lewis III . and Carloman , were crowned Kings of France . Another kingdom was at that tune erected by an affembly of the states , viz that of Provence , which confifted of the countries fince called Lyonnois , Savoy ...
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Página 22 - Early at business, and at hazard late; Mad at a fox-chase, wise at a debate; Drunk at a borough, civil at a ball; Friendly at Hackney, faithless at Whitehall.
Página 237 - ... if there want sense in proportion to money, or if nature be not followed ; which I take to be the great rule in this, and perhaps in every thing else, as far as the conduct not only of our lives, but our governments.
Página 198 - ... the hole G. For if we then hold it up to the wind as before, a quantity of water will be blown out ; and if both legs of the instrument are of the same bore, the height of the column sustained will be equal to double the column of water in either leg, or the sum of what is wanting in both legs. But if the legs are of unequal bores, neither of these will give the true height of the column of water which the wind sustained.