Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Том 12,Часть 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... because the frofts which fet in early in those countries totally deprive them of the means of fubfifting ; as the dry- nefs and hardness of the ground , in general , during our fummer , prevent them from penetrating the earth with their ...
... because the frofts which fet in early in those countries totally deprive them of the means of fubfifting ; as the dry- nefs and hardness of the ground , in general , during our fummer , prevent them from penetrating the earth with their ...
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... because they rife too high in the air to be perceived , and because they choofe the night for their paffage . The author , however , expreffes his doubts " whether any bird was ever feen to rife to a greater height than perhaps twice ...
... because they rife too high in the air to be perceived , and because they choofe the night for their paffage . The author , however , expreffes his doubts " whether any bird was ever feen to rife to a greater height than perhaps twice ...
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... because my brother has always found that fome of his birds , and particularly the fwallow kind , are very fparing of their pains in croffing the Mediterra- nean : for when arrived at Gibraltar , they do not , " rang'd in figure , wedge ...
... because my brother has always found that fome of his birds , and particularly the fwallow kind , are very fparing of their pains in croffing the Mediterra- nean : for when arrived at Gibraltar , they do not , " rang'd in figure , wedge ...
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... because he had been by him prevented from carrying out of the treasury of St Ambrofe's church at Mi. lan , a carbuncle or jewel of great value , which he pretended to referve for adorning the papal tiara ; for which reafon he now ...
... because he had been by him prevented from carrying out of the treasury of St Ambrofe's church at Mi. lan , a carbuncle or jewel of great value , which he pretended to referve for adorning the papal tiara ; for which reafon he now ...
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... because of this great power they were elected by the people in their full af- fembly , or folkmote , in the fame manner as fheriffs were elected following ftill that old fundamental maxim of the Saxon conftitution , that where any offi ...
... because of this great power they were elected by the people in their full af- fembly , or folkmote , in the fame manner as fheriffs were elected following ftill that old fundamental maxim of the Saxon conftitution , that where any offi ...
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