Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Том 10,Частина 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... use of letters ; which renders it impoffible to read and write their language without a vaft expence of time and trouble ; and abfolutely impoffible to print it by the help of types , or any other manner but by engraving , or cutting in ...
... use of letters ; which renders it impoffible to read and write their language without a vaft expence of time and trouble ; and abfolutely impoffible to print it by the help of types , or any other manner but by engraving , or cutting in ...
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... use of common words and expreflions . " And Seneca more fully ,, " I would have my letters to be like my difcourfes , when we either fit or walk to- gether , unftudied and easy . " And what prudent man , in his common discourse , aims ...
... use of common words and expreflions . " And Seneca more fully ,, " I would have my letters to be like my difcourfes , when we either fit or walk to- gether , unftudied and easy . " And what prudent man , in his common discourse , aims ...
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... use a smaller inftrument . The following is a table of the different operations used in making this level , it having been taken from M. le Febure's practice . feet is feet . in . , yards . A 21 ACDEFGH 6C O 9 90 4 3D O 3 40 3 9 E 16 3 ...
... use a smaller inftrument . The following is a table of the different operations used in making this level , it having been taken from M. le Febure's practice . feet is feet . in . , yards . A 21 ACDEFGH 6C O 9 90 4 3D O 3 40 3 9 E 16 3 ...
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... use of all Vaughan's collections . With inceffant labour and great exactnefs he employed a confi- derable part of his life in fearching into the Welsh an- tiquities ; had perufed or collected a great deal of anci- ent and valuable ...
... use of all Vaughan's collections . With inceffant labour and great exactnefs he employed a confi- derable part of his life in fearching into the Welsh an- tiquities ; had perufed or collected a great deal of anci- ent and valuable ...
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... use of fucceeding archbishops of Canterbury , and increafed by the benefactions of Archbishops Ab- bot , Sheldon , and Tennifon , and faid to confift of at leaft 15,000 printed books , and 617 volumes in manufcript ; that of Red - Crofs ...
... use of fucceeding archbishops of Canterbury , and increafed by the benefactions of Archbishops Ab- bot , Sheldon , and Tennifon , and faid to confift of at leaft 15,000 printed books , and 617 volumes in manufcript ; that of Red - Crofs ...
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