The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... give a true report . ACADEMY , in Grecian antiquity , a large villa in one of the suburbs of Athens , where the sect of philosophers called Acade- mics held their assemblies . It took its name from one Academus , or Ecademus , a citizen ...
... give a true report . ACADEMY , in Grecian antiquity , a large villa in one of the suburbs of Athens , where the sect of philosophers called Acade- mics held their assemblies . It took its name from one Academus , or Ecademus , a citizen ...
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... give it an inebriating quality : recommended by An- derson in his Essays on Agriculture , for cul- tivation , though thought to be a noxious weed in pastures : the bruised herb fresh is recommended by Linnæus as an excellent vulnerary ...
... give it an inebriating quality : recommended by An- derson in his Essays on Agriculture , for cul- tivation , though thought to be a noxious weed in pastures : the bruised herb fresh is recommended by Linnæus as an excellent vulnerary ...
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... give us the sensation of smell , Yet , even in those early years of science , there were some , and , in particular , the ce- lebrated founder of the Stoic school , who held that sound , that is , the cause of sound , was only the ...
... give us the sensation of smell , Yet , even in those early years of science , there were some , and , in particular , the ce- lebrated founder of the Stoic school , who held that sound , that is , the cause of sound , was only the ...
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... give an acquittance on receiving money and a servant's ac- quittance for money received for the use of his master shall bind him , provided the servant used to receive his master's rents . An acquittance is a full discharge , and bars ...
... give an acquittance on receiving money and a servant's ac- quittance for money received for the use of his master shall bind him , provided the servant used to receive his master's rents . An acquittance is a full discharge , and bars ...
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... give a brief sketch of the principles upon which it is founded . Agarics are composed of a cap or pileus , with gills un- derneath , and are either with or without stems . The stems are either central or lateral . They have also a root ...
... give a brief sketch of the principles upon which it is founded . Agarics are composed of a cap or pileus , with gills un- derneath , and are either with or without stems . The stems are either central or lateral . They have also a root ...
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