A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 4 |
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... are issued by this court , for the restoring of His lofty numbers with so great a gust officers in corporations , & c . unjustly turned out , They hear , and swallow with such eager lust : and freemen wrongfully disfranchised .
... are issued by this court , for the restoring of His lofty numbers with so great a gust officers in corporations , & c . unjustly turned out , They hear , and swallow with such eager lust : and freemen wrongfully disfranchised .
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... as the cold season comes width nor depth to stir a new soil , can onry on , fogs and heavy dews produce an almost scratch the surface of what has often been turned continued dampness , which , combined with the before .
... as the cold season comes width nor depth to stir a new soil , can onry on , fogs and heavy dews produce an almost scratch the surface of what has often been turned continued dampness , which , combined with the before .
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In other cases when a woman is caught in this kingdom , which , together with the absence in adultery she is turned away , and the goods of of other mineral productions , shows that the the man are forfeited to the husband ; but if the ...
In other cases when a woman is caught in this kingdom , which , together with the absence in adultery she is turned away , and the goods of of other mineral productions , shows that the the man are forfeited to the husband ; but if the ...
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He passed some time in Italy , and at tables , but they were never published . lle retwenty - four refused to be president of an aca- turned from France to his own country in 1680 . demy meant to have been established at Genoa .
He passed some time in Italy , and at tables , but they were never published . lle retwenty - four refused to be president of an aca- turned from France to his own country in 1680 . demy meant to have been established at Genoa .
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It is the capital of years , which fadeth betimes : these are first such as an arondissement of eighteen cantons .; is sur- have brittle wits , the edge whereof is soon turned . rounded with walls , and has been well fortified . Bacon .
It is the capital of years , which fadeth betimes : these are first such as an arondissement of eighteen cantons .; is sur- have brittle wits , the edge whereof is soon turned . rounded with walls , and has been well fortified . Bacon .
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| Title | A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 4 A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Thomas Curtis |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis |
| Publisher | Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 13, 2007 |
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