American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... Thomas Brown , that a mole , a toad , and a serpent , have been re- peatedly inclosed in a large glass vase , and that the mole has not only killed the others , but has devoured a very consider- able part of them . It abounds in soft ...
... Thomas Brown , that a mole , a toad , and a serpent , have been re- peatedly inclosed in a large glass vase , and that the mole has not only killed the others , but has devoured a very consider- able part of them . It abounds in soft ...
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... Thomas , in the year 1144. The follow- ing passage will prove that the manu- script was written immediately after the above period : " And yn what ordur he sette the fundament of this temple yn fewe wordes lette us shewe , as they testi ...
... Thomas , in the year 1144. The follow- ing passage will prove that the manu- script was written immediately after the above period : " And yn what ordur he sette the fundament of this temple yn fewe wordes lette us shewe , as they testi ...
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... Thomas Britton , received a warning of his death , which so greatly affected him that he did not sur- vive the affright .检 VENUE , the neighbourhood from whence juries are to be summoned for trial of causes . In local actions , as of ...
... Thomas Britton , received a warning of his death , which so greatly affected him that he did not sur- vive the affright .检 VENUE , the neighbourhood from whence juries are to be summoned for trial of causes . In local actions , as of ...
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... Thomas Smith , for which he had a yearly salary of fifty pounds . This office he discharg- ed with great reputation , and much to the satisfaction of his hearers . He pub- lished in English a book on the Doctrine of the Sphere , which ...
... Thomas Smith , for which he had a yearly salary of fifty pounds . This office he discharg- ed with great reputation , and much to the satisfaction of his hearers . He pub- lished in English a book on the Doctrine of the Sphere , which ...
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... Thomas Goode John Piller P. H. W. Holcombe John T. Bottam Benjamin Branch Benjamin L. Meade Jacob Williamson William Finney Joseph R. Robertson John Clemons Peter Rison William Eggleston Charles Eggleston R. E. Meade Peter R. Bland ...
... Thomas Goode John Piller P. H. W. Holcombe John T. Bottam Benjamin Branch Benjamin L. Meade Jacob Williamson William Finney Joseph R. Robertson John Clemons Peter Rison William Eggleston Charles Eggleston R. E. Meade Peter R. Bland ...
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