Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Том 12Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... Italian music , signifies a tying Hence syncopes are often called ligatures , because they are made by the ligature of many notes . There is another sort of ligatures for breves , when there are many of these on different lines , or on ...
... Italian music , signifies a tying Hence syncopes are often called ligatures , because they are made by the ligature of many notes . There is another sort of ligatures for breves , when there are many of these on different lines , or on ...
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... Italy , and some parts of Spain and Ethiopia . Its forms are so un- certain and variable that they can scarce be described , especially as few philosophical observers ever had the good fortune to meet with it . Dr Derham , however ...
... Italy , and some parts of Spain and Ethiopia . Its forms are so un- certain and variable that they can scarce be described , especially as few philosophical observers ever had the good fortune to meet with it . Dr Derham , however ...
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... Italy , bounded on the south by the Mediterranean sea , on the north by the Apennine mountains , on the west by part of Transalpine Gaul , and on the east by Etru- ria . There is a great disagreement among authors con- cerning the ...
... Italy , bounded on the south by the Mediterranean sea , on the north by the Apennine mountains , on the west by part of Transalpine Gaul , and on the east by Etru- ria . There is a great disagreement among authors con- cerning the ...
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... Italy , where he attained the highest de- gree of perfection in the Greek and Latin languages . At Rome , he applied himself particularly to the study of Aristotle and Galen , in the original . On his return to Oxford , he was ...
... Italy , where he attained the highest de- gree of perfection in the Greek and Latin languages . At Rome , he applied himself particularly to the study of Aristotle and Galen , in the original . On his return to Oxford , he was ...
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... Italy , with a cognominal town , so powerful as to have a fleet , and the other islands in subjection to it . Ac- cording to Diodorus Siculus , it was famous for excel- lent harbours and medicinal waters . He informs us also , that it ...
... Italy , with a cognominal town , so powerful as to have a fleet , and the other islands in subjection to it . Ac- cording to Diodorus Siculus , it was famous for excel- lent harbours and medicinal waters . He informs us also , that it ...
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