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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... those countries and districts have so recently been subject to the ever - varying caprice of the French government , and been really repeated- ly altered in the space of a single year . A comparison with any or every similar work will ...
... those countries and districts have so recently been subject to the ever - varying caprice of the French government , and been really repeated- ly altered in the space of a single year . A comparison with any or every similar work will ...
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... those of fome ancient Greeks or Romans . ABBREVIATURE . n . f . ( abbreviatura , Lat . 1. A mark ufed for the fake of fhortening . 2. A compendium , or abridgment . He is a good man who grieyes rather for him that injures him , than for ...
... those of fome ancient Greeks or Romans . ABBREVIATURE . n . f . ( abbreviatura , Lat . 1. A mark ufed for the fake of fhortening . 2. A compendium , or abridgment . He is a good man who grieyes rather for him that injures him , than for ...
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... those who dread bad omens . Bailey . * TO ABOMINATE . v . a . [ abominor , Latin . ] To abhor , deteft , hate utterly . - Pride goes , hated , curfed , and abominated by all . Hammond.- We are not guilty of your injuries , No way ...
... those who dread bad omens . Bailey . * TO ABOMINATE . v . a . [ abominor , Latin . ] To abhor , deteft , hate utterly . - Pride goes , hated , curfed , and abominated by all . Hammond.- We are not guilty of your injuries , No way ...
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... those be made the active mid- > wives to deliver them . Bacon's Phyfical Remains . ABOVE.adv . 1. Over - head ; in higher place . -To men ftanding below , men ftanding aloit feem much leffened : to thofe above , men ftand- ing below ...
... those be made the active mid- > wives to deliver them . Bacon's Phyfical Remains . ABOVE.adv . 1. Over - head ; in higher place . -To men ftanding below , men ftanding aloit feem much leffened : to thofe above , men ftand- ing below ...
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... those terms that ftand for them . Locke . 2. To be in great plenty . -And becanfe iniquity fhall abound , the love of many fhall wax cold . Matthew , xxiv . 12.- Words are like leaves , and where they moft abound , Mach fruit of fenfe ...
... those terms that ftand for them . Locke . 2. To be in great plenty . -And becanfe iniquity fhall abound , the love of many fhall wax cold . Matthew , xxiv . 12.- Words are like leaves , and where they moft abound , Mach fruit of fenfe ...
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