Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 1John Brown, 1816 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... such as Chemistry , Medicine , Surgery , & c . complete indexes are added ; and the greatest care has been takén , throughout the whole work , to make the references accurate and parti- cular ; so that the reader may have every subject ...
... such as Chemistry , Medicine , Surgery , & c . complete indexes are added ; and the greatest care has been takén , throughout the whole work , to make the references accurate and parti- cular ; so that the reader may have every subject ...
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... such as are unknown . In the above account of the letter A , the read- er will obferve , we have not copied exactly from any other Dictionary whatever ; all of them , that we have hitherto feen , not excepting even Dr Johnfon's ...
... such as are unknown . In the above account of the letter A , the read- er will obferve , we have not copied exactly from any other Dictionary whatever ; all of them , that we have hitherto feen , not excepting even Dr Johnfon's ...
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... Such is the propriety and energy in them all , that they never can be changed but to disadvantage , except in the circumftance of ufing abbreviations . Swift . * ABBREVIATOR . n . S. [ abbreviateur , Fr. ] one who abbreviates , or ...
... Such is the propriety and energy in them all , that they never can be changed but to disadvantage , except in the circumftance of ufing abbreviations . Swift . * ABBREVIATOR . n . S. [ abbreviateur , Fr. ] one who abbreviates , or ...
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... Such trouble brought , affecting to fubdue Rational liberty . Milt . Par . Loft . b . xii . 1. 79 . The felf - fame thing they will abbor , One way , and long another for . Hudibras , p . i . c . I. -A Church of England man abbors the ...
... Such trouble brought , affecting to fubdue Rational liberty . Milt . Par . Loft . b . xii . 1. 79 . The felf - fame thing they will abbor , One way , and long another for . Hudibras , p . i . c . I. -A Church of England man abbors the ...
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... such swiftness , as nothing in that place can confist , or have abiding . Raleigh's Hiftory of the world . ABIDING by WRITINGS , in Scots law : when a perfon founds upon a writing alledged to be falfe , he may be obliged to declare ...
... such swiftness , as nothing in that place can confist , or have abiding . Raleigh's Hiftory of the world . ABIDING by WRITINGS , in Scots law : when a perfon founds upon a writing alledged to be falfe , he may be obliged to declare ...
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