Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 41819 |
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... surface , except about Calmina , where it is more light and gravelly ; but there is not to be found a stone so big as an egg in the whole country , so far as it has been visited by the Europeans : of farinaceous vege- tables the country ...
... surface , except about Calmina , where it is more light and gravelly ; but there is not to be found a stone so big as an egg in the whole country , so far as it has been visited by the Europeans : of farinaceous vege- tables the country ...
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... surface fly off . 6. To mingle ; to adulterate ( Hudibras ) . 7. To form or sketch in haste , carelessly ( Pope ) . 8 . To obliterate ; to blot ; to cross out ( Pope ) . 9 . To confound ; to make ashamed suddenly ; to depress ; to ...
... surface fly off . 6. To mingle ; to adulterate ( Hudibras ) . 7. To form or sketch in haste , carelessly ( Pope ) . 8 . To obliterate ; to blot ; to cross out ( Pope ) . 9 . To confound ; to make ashamed suddenly ; to depress ; to ...
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... surface of the earth will sufficiently ac . count for the singular figure assumed by the lines which pass through all the points of equal variation in the chart of Dr. Halley . M. Euler first examines the case wherein the two magnetic ...
... surface of the earth will sufficiently ac . count for the singular figure assumed by the lines which pass through all the points of equal variation in the chart of Dr. Halley . M. Euler first examines the case wherein the two magnetic ...
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... surface of the water . The decoy - man now rises and makes his appearance at the opening of the net where the wild - fowl enter- ed ; they cannot therefore retreat in that direc tion , and the net effectually prevents them from ...
... surface of the water . The decoy - man now rises and makes his appearance at the opening of the net where the wild - fowl enter- ed ; they cannot therefore retreat in that direc tion , and the net effectually prevents them from ...
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... surface downward ( Newton ) . 4. Entering far ; piercing a great way ( Shakspeare ) . 5. Far from the outer part ( Dryden ) . 6. Not super- ficial ; not obvious ( Locke ) . 7. Sagacious ; penetrating ( Milton ) . 8. Politick ; insiduous ...
... surface downward ( Newton ) . 4. Entering far ; piercing a great way ( Shakspeare ) . 5. Far from the outer part ( Dryden ) . 6. Not super- ficial ; not obvious ( Locke ) . 7. Sagacious ; penetrating ( Milton ) . 8. Politick ; insiduous ...
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