The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 страница |
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... use , but was placed under the dominion of fome planet , and must neither be gathered nor applied , but with obfer- vances that favored of the most abfurd fuperftition . " PULTENEY'S SKETCHES of BOTANY . а verfes recited , or to certain ...
... use , but was placed under the dominion of fome planet , and must neither be gathered nor applied , but with obfer- vances that favored of the most abfurd fuperftition . " PULTENEY'S SKETCHES of BOTANY . а verfes recited , or to certain ...
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... use fuch language as Noy did , or fuch as paffed current for many years after . Both the laws themselves , and the profeffors are tinged with the mild character which the progrefs of philofo- phy never fails to establish . The The art ...
... use fuch language as Noy did , or fuch as paffed current for many years after . Both the laws themselves , and the profeffors are tinged with the mild character which the progrefs of philofo- phy never fails to establish . The The art ...
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... use , than fhewing the low state of the science when they were compofed . The invention of the microscope open- ed a new field of enquiry , and from being first used as an inftrument for amusement , became the means of discoveries unfuf ...
... use , than fhewing the low state of the science when they were compofed . The invention of the microscope open- ed a new field of enquiry , and from being first used as an inftrument for amusement , became the means of discoveries unfuf ...
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... use , beauty , and curiofity . It is by no means my intention to take even a curfory review of all the depart- ments of natural history - it may be suffi- cient to fay , that our progrefs has been great in them all , and chiefly fo ...
... use , beauty , and curiofity . It is by no means my intention to take even a curfory review of all the depart- ments of natural history - it may be suffi- cient to fay , that our progrefs has been great in them all , and chiefly fo ...
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... use and principles are widely different . Trees hollowed by fire became vessels fufficient for the purposes of navigation in the firft ages of fociety - in fome coun- tries canoes were formed of leather , and continue to be fo made upon ...
... use and principles are widely different . Trees hollowed by fire became vessels fufficient for the purposes of navigation in the firft ages of fociety - in fome coun- tries canoes were formed of leather , and continue to be fo made upon ...
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