The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... necessary to mention the present state of dancing in savage life ; the natives of Africa , particularly , carry it to the most extravagant excess ; a few strings stretch- ed across a dried calabash , struck by the fingers , producing a ...
... necessary to mention the present state of dancing in savage life ; the natives of Africa , particularly , carry it to the most extravagant excess ; a few strings stretch- ed across a dried calabash , struck by the fingers , producing a ...
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... necessary to borrow larger sums than had ever be- fore been raised on loan , the debt in- creased rapidly , and at the end of the war , including the loan of 1763 , and a valuation of the terminable annuities , it amounted to ...
... necessary to borrow larger sums than had ever be- fore been raised on loan , the debt in- creased rapidly , and at the end of the war , including the loan of 1763 , and a valuation of the terminable annuities , it amounted to ...
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... necessary to use them conveniently , and obviate the unpleasant circumstances attending the drawing of reversed objects ; it may , however , be recollected , that any thing drawn in this position will become right on turning the paper ...
... necessary to use them conveniently , and obviate the unpleasant circumstances attending the drawing of reversed objects ; it may , however , be recollected , that any thing drawn in this position will become right on turning the paper ...
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