Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 1John Brown, 1816 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... first letter , as well as the first vowel , in the alphabets of all the modern , and most of the ancient languages , excepting that of Ethiopia , in which it is the 13th . It is entitled to the first place in the alphabet , on account ...
... first letter , as well as the first vowel , in the alphabets of all the modern , and most of the ancient languages , excepting that of Ethiopia , in which it is the 13th . It is entitled to the first place in the alphabet , on account ...
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... first bone of the fore - finger , which it draws from the reft towards the thumb . ABDUCTOR LONGUS POLLICIS , in anatomy , a name given by Albinus to a mufcle of the hands called by Winflow , Cowper , and others , exten- for primus ...
... first bone of the fore - finger , which it draws from the reft towards the thumb . ABDUCTOR LONGUS POLLICIS , in anatomy , a name given by Albinus to a mufcle of the hands called by Winflow , Cowper , and others , exten- for primus ...
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... first brought from Kelfo , whofe abbot de- clared thofe of this place , on their first institution , to be free from his jurifdiction . The last abbot was the famous Cardinal Beaton , at the same time archbishop of St Andrew's , and ...
... first brought from Kelfo , whofe abbot de- clared thofe of this place , on their first institution , to be free from his jurifdiction . The last abbot was the famous Cardinal Beaton , at the same time archbishop of St Andrew's , and ...
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... first . ABSCISSION , in rhetoric , a figure of speech whereby the orator makes a stronger impreflion upon his audience , by ftopping fhort in the mid- die of his difcourfe and leaving them to draw the inference , than if we were to go ...
... first . ABSCISSION , in rhetoric , a figure of speech whereby the orator makes a stronger impreflion upon his audience , by ftopping fhort in the mid- die of his difcourfe and leaving them to draw the inference , than if we were to go ...
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... first eftablishment , the number of Academifts amount- ed to fix hundred . They hold affemblies seven times a - year in a mead or grove , or in the gar- dens of fome nobleman of distinction . Six of thefe meetings are employed in the ...
... first eftablishment , the number of Academifts amount- ed to fix hundred . They hold affemblies seven times a - year in a mead or grove , or in the gar- dens of fome nobleman of distinction . Six of thefe meetings are employed in the ...
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