British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... exists at the very beginning of the change , whilst the state favourable to others progressively succeeds : of this last , however , Dr. Sims is very uncertain . Two infectious diseases , it appears , are hardly ever prevalent together ...
... exists at the very beginning of the change , whilst the state favourable to others progressively succeeds : of this last , however , Dr. Sims is very uncertain . Two infectious diseases , it appears , are hardly ever prevalent together ...
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... exists a race of these animals , scarcely exceeding the height of a large mastiff , and with their diminutive size are generally con- nected not a little intractability and mis- chievousness . In no country of the globe has the breeding ...
... exists a race of these animals , scarcely exceeding the height of a large mastiff , and with their diminutive size are generally con- nected not a little intractability and mis- chievousness . In no country of the globe has the breeding ...
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... exist in vast herds , possessing much of the habits of the wild horse and ass . Like them , they are ex- tremely vigilant , and extremely fleet , and so fearful of the sight of man , that , on his first appearance , they fly off with ...
... exist in vast herds , possessing much of the habits of the wild horse and ass . Like them , they are ex- tremely vigilant , and extremely fleet , and so fearful of the sight of man , that , on his first appearance , they fly off with ...
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... exist to the conveyance of specie , which almost always prevent money from being of equal value in two different countries at the same time . Among merchants resident in different countries , bills serve nearly the same pur- pose as ...
... exist to the conveyance of specie , which almost always prevent money from being of equal value in two different countries at the same time . Among merchants resident in different countries , bills serve nearly the same pur- pose as ...
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... exist- tence . " From the knowledge of our own ex- istence , Mr. Locke deduces his demon- stration of the existence of a God . It has been a subject of great dispute , whether external bodies have any exist- ence but in the mind , that ...
... exist- tence . " From the knowledge of our own ex- istence , Mr. Locke deduces his demon- stration of the existence of a God . It has been a subject of great dispute , whether external bodies have any exist- ence but in the mind , that ...
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