A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 15Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... tion of the War carried on by the emperor Charles VI . , against the Allied Forces , Witten- berg , 1753 ; The Elements of Thorough Bass , Leipsic , 1739 ; The Musical Oculist , & c . , 1740 ; and a German Translation of Fux's Gradus ad ...
... tion of the War carried on by the emperor Charles VI . , against the Allied Forces , Witten- berg , 1753 ; The Elements of Thorough Bass , Leipsic , 1739 ; The Musical Oculist , & c . , 1740 ; and a German Translation of Fux's Gradus ad ...
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... tion or pittance . What modicums of wit he utters : his evasions have ears thus long . Shakspeare . Troilus and Cressida . Though hard their fate , 4 A cruise of water , and an ear of corn , Cowper . Yet still they grudged that modicum ...
... tion or pittance . What modicums of wit he utters : his evasions have ears thus long . Shakspeare . Troilus and Cressida . Though hard their fate , 4 A cruise of water , and an ear of corn , Cowper . Yet still they grudged that modicum ...
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... tion be enharmonic , it must infallibly be illegiti- mate . See MUSIC . MODULE , n . s . Lat . modulus . A model . The word is redundant in our language . My heart hath one poor string to stay it by , Which holds but till thy news be ...
... tion be enharmonic , it must infallibly be illegiti- mate . See MUSIC . MODULE , n . s . Lat . modulus . A model . The word is redundant in our language . My heart hath one poor string to stay it by , Which holds but till thy news be ...
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... tion from Abd el Waheb , the father of Moham- med , was born in Arabia , about the commence- ment of the eighteenth century , and claimed to be descended from the prophet of his religion . At an early age he formed the project of found ...
... tion from Abd el Waheb , the father of Moham- med , was born in Arabia , about the commence- ment of the eighteenth century , and claimed to be descended from the prophet of his religion . At an early age he formed the project of found ...
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... tion of this kind was owing to Mr. Chandler of Woodstock in New England , who , living at a distance from the sea , and where the common molosses were very dear and scarce , provided this for the supply of his own family , and soon made ...
... tion of this kind was owing to Mr. Chandler of Woodstock in New England , who , living at a distance from the sea , and where the common molosses were very dear and scarce , provided this for the supply of his own family , and soon made ...
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