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, Том 5 |
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... pieces , the true effufions of genius , informed able , the manly , in conduct , from the ridiculous , the by reading and obfervation , and prompted by its own bafe , and the mean - he was diftinguished among his native ardour , as well ...
... pieces , the true effufions of genius , informed able , the manly , in conduct , from the ridiculous , the by reading and obfervation , and prompted by its own bafe , and the mean - he was diftinguished among his native ardour , as well ...
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... pieces of land in arable ridges and fur- rows . BUTTER , a fat unctuous substance , prepared from milk by beating or churning . It was late ere the Greeks appear to have had any notion of butter ; their poets make no mention of it , and ...
... pieces of land in arable ridges and fur- rows . BUTTER , a fat unctuous substance , prepared from milk by beating or churning . It was late ere the Greeks appear to have had any notion of butter ; their poets make no mention of it , and ...
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... pieces proportional to the fize of the button , wrapped round the moulds , and the felvages ftitched together , which form the under part of the button . Cleanfing of BUTTONS . A button is not finished when it comes from the maker's ...
... pieces proportional to the fize of the button , wrapped round the moulds , and the felvages ftitched together , which form the under part of the button . Cleanfing of BUTTONS . A button is not finished when it comes from the maker's ...
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... pieces faft toge ther , by working the feveral threads of the rope the one into the other . Veer Pay more CABLE , is to let more out of the fhip . Pay cheap the Cable , is to hand it out apace . more Cable , is to let more out , & c ...
... pieces faft toge ther , by working the feveral threads of the rope the one into the other . Veer Pay more CABLE , is to let more out of the fhip . Pay cheap the Cable , is to hand it out apace . more Cable , is to let more out , & c ...
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... pieces of divinity , and into English Erafmus's para- phrafe on Jude , & c . From thefe his juvenile labours , it feems probable that he firft intended to profecute the study of divinity . Be that as it may , he travelled to Italy , and ...
... pieces of divinity , and into English Erafmus's para- phrafe on Jude , & c . From thefe his juvenile labours , it feems probable that he firft intended to profecute the study of divinity . Be that as it may , he travelled to Italy , and ...
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