The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... action to enforce it ; and where a creditor neglects to make his claim upon a bank . rupt's estate within a certain period , he will not be let in afterwards , so as to dis- turb the dividend , and may lose his estate . Non - claim is ...
... action to enforce it ; and where a creditor neglects to make his claim upon a bank . rupt's estate within a certain period , he will not be let in afterwards , so as to dis- turb the dividend , and may lose his estate . Non - claim is ...
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... actions have been sufficiently long associated with sensations , the repetition of the muscular action alone will excite the simple idea belonging to that sensa- tion . Thus the action of dancing will bring to mind the conception of the ...
... actions have been sufficiently long associated with sensations , the repetition of the muscular action alone will excite the simple idea belonging to that sensa- tion . Thus the action of dancing will bring to mind the conception of the ...
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... action without the ac- tion of the mental organs ; and , in like manner , no muscular action can produce another muscular action ( except what may be termed mere physical motion , such as might be produced by any foreign body ...
... action without the ac- tion of the mental organs ; and , in like manner , no muscular action can produce another muscular action ( except what may be termed mere physical motion , such as might be produced by any foreign body ...
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