The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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... feeling , a sense which , be- sides men , few mammalia enjoy ; that is , few animals possess the faculty of distin- guishing the form of external objects , and their qualities , by organs destined for that purpose , a property very ...
... feeling , a sense which , be- sides men , few mammalia enjoy ; that is , few animals possess the faculty of distin- guishing the form of external objects , and their qualities , by organs destined for that purpose , a property very ...
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... feeling of the piece , and , in short , to judge rightly be- tween a bad picture and a good one . Nay , a moment is sufficient for one of these self- dubbed critics to pass an irrevocable sen- tence on the most extensive and studied ...
... feeling of the piece , and , in short , to judge rightly be- tween a bad picture and a good one . Nay , a moment is sufficient for one of these self- dubbed critics to pass an irrevocable sen- tence on the most extensive and studied ...
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... feeling . PALY , or PALE ' , in heraldry , is when the shield is divided into four or more equal parts , by perpendicular lines falling from the top to the bottom . Palybendy is when the escutcheon is divided by perpendicular lines ...
... feeling . PALY , or PALE ' , in heraldry , is when the shield is divided into four or more equal parts , by perpendicular lines falling from the top to the bottom . Palybendy is when the escutcheon is divided by perpendicular lines ...
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... feelings are divided into a variety of branches , and those we shall endeavour , in the succeeding pages , to ex- plain , as far as our limited powers will per- mit . notched near the end : as the Ampelis Muscicapa Tanagra Turdus ...
... feelings are divided into a variety of branches , and those we shall endeavour , in the succeeding pages , to ex- plain , as far as our limited powers will per- mit . notched near the end : as the Ampelis Muscicapa Tanagra Turdus ...
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... feelings of those who suffer anger to overpower their reason , and miserable are the effects of their rapid and frequently unfounded con- ceptions . It may be doubted whether the mind , in this state of derangement , can be recovered to ...
... feelings of those who suffer anger to overpower their reason , and miserable are the effects of their rapid and frequently unfounded con- ceptions . It may be doubted whether the mind , in this state of derangement , can be recovered to ...
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