The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... term moistened ; this they cover with another cloth of unmixed cotton , to which they add one of the richest suits of clothes of the de- ceased . The expence , he says , on these oc- casions , is very great , though nothing like what ...
... term moistened ; this they cover with another cloth of unmixed cotton , to which they add one of the richest suits of clothes of the de- ceased . The expence , he says , on these oc- casions , is very great , though nothing like what ...
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... term derived from the French , hail ; and signifying a thing the hail has fallen upon and broke off the edges , leaving them ragged , or with half rounds , or semi- circles , struck out of their edges . ENGRAVING . This term is at pre ...
... term derived from the French , hail ; and signifying a thing the hail has fallen upon and broke off the edges , leaving them ragged , or with half rounds , or semi- circles , struck out of their edges . ENGRAVING . This term is at pre ...
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... term of their lives in the space of a year or less , and many do not live half that time ; nay , there are some ... terms in which it states the wrong- ful entry to have been made , or sets out the different degrees of descent through ...
... term of their lives in the space of a year or less , and many do not live half that time ; nay , there are some ... terms in which it states the wrong- ful entry to have been made , or sets out the different degrees of descent through ...
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... term or estate for life , against a stranger in pos- session . ENTRY in casu consimili . ENTRY in casu proviso . ENTRY causa matrimonii prælocuti . Several points of law occur , as to the ef- fect of an entry in the case of joint ...
... term or estate for life , against a stranger in pos- session . ENTRY in casu consimili . ENTRY in casu proviso . ENTRY causa matrimonii prælocuti . Several points of law occur , as to the ef- fect of an entry in the case of joint ...
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... term or fixed point of time , whence the succeeding years are numbered or accounted . See CHRO- NOLOGY . EPODE , in lyric poetry , the third or last part of the ode , the antient ode being divided into strophe , antistrophe , and epode ...
... term or fixed point of time , whence the succeeding years are numbered or accounted . See CHRO- NOLOGY . EPODE , in lyric poetry , the third or last part of the ode , the antient ode being divided into strophe , antistrophe , and epode ...
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