The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4 |
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... blood , which is the stimulus proper to the heart and arte- ries , if by any accident it gets into the sto- mach , produces sickness or vomiting . 5 . Each irritable part differs from the rest in regard to the quantity of irritability ...
... blood , which is the stimulus proper to the heart and arte- ries , if by any accident it gets into the sto- mach , produces sickness or vomiting . 5 . Each irritable part differs from the rest in regard to the quantity of irritability ...
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... blood driven by the heat towards the head and breast ; whence the hæmorrhage at the nose and mouth , which happens after death . This wind is especially destructive to per- sons of a plethoric habit , and those in whom fatigue has ...
... blood driven by the heat towards the head and breast ; whence the hæmorrhage at the nose and mouth , which happens after death . This wind is especially destructive to per- sons of a plethoric habit , and those in whom fatigue has ...
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... blood , ambassadors , or other great personages , from one place to another . Ketches are likewise used as bomb - vessels , and are therefore furnished with all the apparatus necessary for a vigorous bombardment . KETCHES , bomb , are ...
... blood , ambassadors , or other great personages , from one place to another . Ketches are likewise used as bomb - vessels , and are therefore furnished with all the apparatus necessary for a vigorous bombardment . KETCHES , bomb , are ...
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... blood . Lands also purchased by the King descend with the crown . The inheri- tance is not indefeasable , but may be al- tered as above , and therefore the statutes have expressed " his Majesty , his heirs , and successors . " But ...
... blood . Lands also purchased by the King descend with the crown . The inheri- tance is not indefeasable , but may be al- tered as above , and therefore the statutes have expressed " his Majesty , his heirs , and successors . " But ...
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... blood - royal , who was not incapacitated by professing the Popish religion . On her , therefore , and the heirs of her body , being protestants , the remainder of the crown , expectant on the death of King William and Queen Anne ...
... blood - royal , who was not incapacitated by professing the Popish religion . On her , therefore , and the heirs of her body , being protestants , the remainder of the crown , expectant on the death of King William and Queen Anne ...
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