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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... house , & c . although it is often ufed indefinitely without regard to number , as we fay , a man may come , i . e . any man . It is never ufed , however , before any word beginning with a , e , i , or o , or with b , where the guttural ...
... house , & c . although it is often ufed indefinitely without regard to number , as we fay , a man may come , i . e . any man . It is never ufed , however , before any word beginning with a , e , i , or o , or with b , where the guttural ...
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... house with trees a row , t And like its master very low . Pope's Hor . AA , a large river in the duchy of Courland , which rifes in Samogitia , and runs into the bay of Riga . Aa , a river of Picardy in France , which rifes in the ...
... house with trees a row , t And like its master very low . Pope's Hor . AA , a large river in the duchy of Courland , which rifes in Samogitia , and runs into the bay of Riga . Aa , a river of Picardy in France , which rifes in the ...
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... houses , and allowing one man to every house , who could have any fhare in the government , ( the reft confifting of women , children and fervants , ) and making other obvious abatements , these tyrants , if they had been careful to ...
... houses , and allowing one man to every house , who could have any fhare in the government , ( the reft confifting of women , children and fervants , ) and making other obvious abatements , these tyrants , if they had been careful to ...
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... houses , void by the death of the for- mer poffeffor , and yet not entered upon , or taken up by his heir . ABATOS , in ancient geography , an illand in the lake Moeris , famous for its papyrus , and for being the burial place of Ofiris ...
... houses , void by the death of the for- mer poffeffor , and yet not entered upon , or taken up by his heir . ABATOS , in ancient geography , an illand in the lake Moeris , famous for its papyrus , and for being the burial place of Ofiris ...
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... houses : and Lord Coke tells us , that feveral lords , at their crea- tion , had a claufe in their grant , that the donor might give or fell his land to whom he would , ( exceptis viris religiofis & Judais ) excepting monks and Jews ...
... houses : and Lord Coke tells us , that feveral lords , at their crea- tion , had a claufe in their grant , that the donor might give or fell his land to whom he would , ( exceptis viris religiofis & Judais ) excepting monks and Jews ...
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