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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Page 37
... idea predominates in their institution . 1 ORDINANCE , or Ordonnance , a law , statute , or command of a sovereign or supe rior . ORDINARY , in the civil law , signifies any judge that hath authority to take cog nizance of causes in his ...
... idea predominates in their institution . 1 ORDINANCE , or Ordonnance , a law , statute , or command of a sovereign or supe rior . ORDINARY , in the civil law , signifies any judge that hath authority to take cog nizance of causes in his ...
Page 41
... idea predominĂ¢tes in their institution . ORDINANCE , or Ordonnance , a law , statute , or command of a sovereign or supe rior . ORDINARY , in the civil law , signifies any judge that hath authority to take cog nizance of causes in his ...
... idea predominĂ¢tes in their institution . ORDINANCE , or Ordonnance , a law , statute , or command of a sovereign or supe rior . ORDINARY , in the civil law , signifies any judge that hath authority to take cog nizance of causes in his ...
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... idea or sensation of fire . These birds form pensile nests , se- cure from all depredation . They are about seven inches long . 4 2 3 5 Angus sc . i this island. of horses . The bottom of this nest is hol- low for the length of a foot ...
... idea or sensation of fire . These birds form pensile nests , se- cure from all depredation . They are about seven inches long . 4 2 3 5 Angus sc . i this island. of horses . The bottom of this nest is hol- low for the length of a foot ...
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... ideas have been obtained respecting the formation of the earth itself . Xenophanes , more than 400 years before Christ , was led to the belief of the eternity of the universe , by discovering the remains of different ma- rine animals ...
... ideas have been obtained respecting the formation of the earth itself . Xenophanes , more than 400 years before Christ , was led to the belief of the eternity of the universe , by discovering the remains of different ma- rine animals ...
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... ideas to the mind by means of a re- presentation of the visible parts of nature , It is a language by which , though all things cannot , many at least may be expressed , in a stronger and clearer manner than can be effected by any other ...
... ideas to the mind by means of a re- presentation of the visible parts of nature , It is a language by which , though all things cannot , many at least may be expressed , in a stronger and clearer manner than can be effected by any other ...
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