The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...J. M'Gowan for Sir R. Phillips, 1820 - 364 страница |
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... side under ground ; having their filthy habita- fions entirely closed during the winter - months . In warmer regions , the Americans build wig- wams of stakes and leaves , and turf , in the shape of a soldier's tent . In Africa , the ...
... side under ground ; having their filthy habita- fions entirely closed during the winter - months . In warmer regions , the Americans build wig- wams of stakes and leaves , and turf , in the shape of a soldier's tent . In Africa , the ...
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... sides of their houses with boughs or rushes , mud or sods . * Ob - The cottages of many of the poor , are still built In this manner in England ; and few need travel a mile from their own residence to see the original style of ar ...
... sides of their houses with boughs or rushes , mud or sods . * Ob - The cottages of many of the poor , are still built In this manner in England ; and few need travel a mile from their own residence to see the original style of ar ...
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... Europe ,, a sheep's skin , with the woolly side inward or out- ward , makes winter or a summer - garment . 114. Some natives of the South - Sea islands clothe themselves in mats made of reeds or ve getable 1 . [ 30 ]
... Europe ,, a sheep's skin , with the woolly side inward or out- ward , makes winter or a summer - garment . 114. Some natives of the South - Sea islands clothe themselves in mats made of reeds or ve getable 1 . [ 30 ]
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... side , the greatest generals are but leaders of banditti , committing murders and robbery .. They seek diversion in the tented field , And make the sorrows of mankind their sport But war's a game which , were their subjects wise , Kings ...
... side , the greatest generals are but leaders of banditti , committing murders and robbery .. They seek diversion in the tented field , And make the sorrows of mankind their sport But war's a game which , were their subjects wise , Kings ...
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... sides of hills , wedges , screws , jacks , & c . , are all used in mechanics on the same principle : their power depends on the proportion between the height actually attained , and the length of the plane moved over .. A screw is an ...
... sides of hills , wedges , screws , jacks , & c . , are all used in mechanics on the same principle : their power depends on the proportion between the height actually attained , and the length of the plane moved over .. A screw is an ...
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