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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... fome- times with the particle of before the thing leffen- ed - Our phyficians have obferved , that , in pro- cels of time , fome difeafes have abated of their virulence , and have , in a manner , worn out their malignity , fo as to be ...
... fome- times with the particle of before the thing leffen- ed - Our phyficians have obferved , that , in pro- cels of time , fome difeafes have abated of their virulence , and have , in a manner , worn out their malignity , fo as to be ...
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... fome abbefles , who have a right or rather a privilege , to commiflion a priest to act for them . They have even a kind of epifcopal jurifdiction , as well as fome abbots , who are exempted from the vifitation of their di- ocefians ...
... fome abbefles , who have a right or rather a privilege , to commiflion a priest to act for them . They have even a kind of epifcopal jurifdiction , as well as fome abbots , who are exempted from the vifitation of their di- ocefians ...
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... fome to ferve their jacks , fome to fcour the candiefticks , and fome to rub their boots ; fome they fold to the grocer and foap - feller ; and fome they fent over fea to the book - binders , not in fmall numbers , but in whole fhips ...
... fome to ferve their jacks , fome to fcour the candiefticks , and fome to rub their boots ; fome they fold to the grocer and foap - feller ; and fome they fent over fea to the book - binders , not in fmall numbers , but in whole fhips ...
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... fome wine on them . * ABLENESS . n . f . [ from able . ] Ability in bo- dy or mind , vigour , force . - That nation doth fo excel , both for comeliness and ableness , that from neighbour countries they ordinarily come , some to ftrive , ...
... fome wine on them . * ABLENESS . n . f . [ from able . ] Ability in bo- dy or mind , vigour , force . - That nation doth fo excel , both for comeliness and ableness , that from neighbour countries they ordinarily come , some to ftrive , ...
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... fome imagine , or by Saturn , or Cham , as others not long after the difperfion ; or even , as fome think , before it ; or they were a colony fent from fome other nation , who , expelling the ancient inhabitants the Siculi , fettled in ...
... fome imagine , or by Saturn , or Cham , as others not long after the difperfion ; or even , as fome think , before it ; or they were a colony fent from fome other nation , who , expelling the ancient inhabitants the Siculi , fettled in ...
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