British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... desire of effect of colour . The short limits of this article will not permit us to mention the numerous artists who have excelled in chiaro - scuro and colouring . These parts of the art , being more especially calculated to give plea ...
... desire of effect of colour . The short limits of this article will not permit us to mention the numerous artists who have excelled in chiaro - scuro and colouring . These parts of the art , being more especially calculated to give plea ...
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... desire ; but a knowledge of our history will teach us , that little is to be gained for liberty by adherence to any precedents drawn from proceedings before the Revolution , the true principles of which are the only genuine grounds on ...
... desire ; but a knowledge of our history will teach us , that little is to be gained for liberty by adherence to any precedents drawn from proceedings before the Revolution , the true principles of which are the only genuine grounds on ...
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... desire enter- tained by man for his own preservation . We shall next proceed to notice a passion equally destructive and perni- cious in its effects upon the body , but far less innocent , anger , which is capa ble of being raised from ...
... desire enter- tained by man for his own preservation . We shall next proceed to notice a passion equally destructive and perni- cious in its effects upon the body , but far less innocent , anger , which is capa ble of being raised from ...
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... Desire is a natural but uneasy sensation of the mind ; in one point of view it is a necessary means for the support of the human species , and in others it may be commendable and ex- actly the reverse . The desire to injure either in ...
... Desire is a natural but uneasy sensation of the mind ; in one point of view it is a necessary means for the support of the human species , and in others it may be commendable and ex- actly the reverse . The desire to injure either in ...
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... desire . The per- son under the influence of this companion of every situation in life fixes his affections or desires upon the attainment of some favourite object or pursuit , and his mind experiences the alternate pleasures and pains ...
... desire . The per- son under the influence of this companion of every situation in life fixes his affections or desires upon the attainment of some favourite object or pursuit , and his mind experiences the alternate pleasures and pains ...
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