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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... respect . It would be truly gratifying to the Editor if he might attempt in this place to express his sentiments of the treatises which have passed under his view in the con- duct and disposition of the present work , and declare his ...
... respect . It would be truly gratifying to the Editor if he might attempt in this place to express his sentiments of the treatises which have passed under his view in the con- duct and disposition of the present work , and declare his ...
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... respect to a particular subject : thus , mag- nitude , equity , & c . are abstract ideas , when we consider them as detached from any particular body or person . Various con- troversies have been maintained respecting the existence of ...
... respect to a particular subject : thus , mag- nitude , equity , & c . are abstract ideas , when we consider them as detached from any particular body or person . Various con- troversies have been maintained respecting the existence of ...
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... respect to the conduct of life , and the pursuit of happiness , probable appearances are a sufficient guide , because it is unreasonable not to allow some degree of credit to those witnesses who commonly give a true report . ACADEMY ...
... respect to the conduct of life , and the pursuit of happiness , probable appearances are a sufficient guide , because it is unreasonable not to allow some degree of credit to those witnesses who commonly give a true report . ACADEMY ...
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... respects , the rude inhabitants derived advantage from their enlightened conquer . ors ; they were eminently benefited ... respect to the details of agricultural practice in this island . At this period it derived a valuable impulse from ...
... respects , the rude inhabitants derived advantage from their enlightened conquer . ors ; they were eminently benefited ... respect to the details of agricultural practice in this island . At this period it derived a valuable impulse from ...
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... respect to the management and pro- ductions of their native soil . The names of Kaims and Hunter , of Anderson and Mar- shall , of Sinclair and Young , are celebrated by publications , exhibiting a union of philo- sophical sagacity and ...
... respect to the management and pro- ductions of their native soil . The names of Kaims and Hunter , of Anderson and Mar- shall , of Sinclair and Young , are celebrated by publications , exhibiting a union of philo- sophical sagacity and ...
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