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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... taken upon divers pains and penalties by many statutes , par- ticularly 1 W. and M. 13 W. III . 1 Anne , 1 Geo . I. ABOLITION , in law , denotes the re- pealing any law or statute , and prohibiting some custom , ceremony , & c ...
... taken upon divers pains and penalties by many statutes , par- ticularly 1 W. and M. 13 W. III . 1 Anne , 1 Geo . I. ABOLITION , in law , denotes the re- pealing any law or statute , and prohibiting some custom , ceremony , & c ...
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... taken inwardly . See MATERIA MEDICA , and PHARMACY . ABSORBENT vessels , in anatomy , are those which take up any fluid from the surface of the body , or of any cavity in it , and carry it into the blood . They are denominated according ...
... taken inwardly . See MATERIA MEDICA , and PHARMACY . ABSORBENT vessels , in anatomy , are those which take up any fluid from the surface of the body , or of any cavity in it , and carry it into the blood . They are denominated according ...
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... taken , then the accessary may be prosecuted for a misdemeanor , and punished by fine , imprisonment , & c . stat . ib . see stat . 5 Anne , cap . 31. In the lowest and highest offences there are no accessaries , but all are principals ...
... taken , then the accessary may be prosecuted for a misdemeanor , and punished by fine , imprisonment , & c . stat . ib . see stat . 5 Anne , cap . 31. In the lowest and highest offences there are no accessaries , but all are principals ...
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... taken up near Pet worth , in Sussex , 48 miles distant from Lon- don ; so that it travelled at the rate of nearly 20 miles an hour . Its descent was occasioned by a rent , which must have been the effect of the rarefaction of the ...
... taken up near Pet worth , in Sussex , 48 miles distant from Lon- don ; so that it travelled at the rate of nearly 20 miles an hour . Its descent was occasioned by a rent , which must have been the effect of the rarefaction of the ...
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... taken away without destroying the form of the whole . They are opposed to simple flowers , that have no such common part , which is either the receptacle or the calyx , and are usually divided into seven kinds , viz . the aggregate ...
... taken away without destroying the form of the whole . They are opposed to simple flowers , that have no such common part , which is either the receptacle or the calyx , and are usually divided into seven kinds , viz . the aggregate ...
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