The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... person or thing , in consi- deration of its merit . The beauty of elo- gy consists in an expressive brevity . Elogi- ums should not have so much as one epithet properly so called , nor two words synoni- mous . They should strictly ...
... person or thing , in consi- deration of its merit . The beauty of elo- gy consists in an expressive brevity . Elogi- ums should not have so much as one epithet properly so called , nor two words synoni- mous . They should strictly ...
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... persons from foreign parts infected with the plague are not permitted to come on shore . See QUARANTINE . EMBASSADOR , or AMBASSADOR , a public minister sent from one sovereign prince , as a representative of his person , to another ...
... persons from foreign parts infected with the plague are not permitted to come on shore . See QUARANTINE . EMBASSADOR , or AMBASSADOR , a public minister sent from one sovereign prince , as a representative of his person , to another ...
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... persons of their prince . By the civil law , the moveable goods of an embassador , which are accounted an ac- cession to his person , cannot be seized on , neither as a pledge , nor for payment of a debt , nor by order or execution of ...
... persons of their prince . By the civil law , the moveable goods of an embassador , which are accounted an ac- cession to his person , cannot be seized on , neither as a pledge , nor for payment of a debt , nor by order or execution of ...
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... persons employed for the purpose , or in the capacity of servants or clerks , who shall , by virtue of such em ... person so employed ; and every such offender , his adviser , procurer , aider , or abetter , being thereof lawfully ...
... persons employed for the purpose , or in the capacity of servants or clerks , who shall , by virtue of such em ... person so employed ; and every such offender , his adviser , procurer , aider , or abetter , being thereof lawfully ...
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... persons capable of affording patronage are taught discrimination , future Woollets will fasci- nate the best judges of ... person , and rubbed thus till the point is extremely sharp ; besides these precautions , it will be necessary that ...
... persons capable of affording patronage are taught discrimination , future Woollets will fasci- nate the best judges of ... person , and rubbed thus till the point is extremely sharp ; besides these precautions , it will be necessary that ...
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Page 13 - The next Ulysses, measuring pace with pace; Behind him, diligently close, he sped, As closely following as the running thread The spindle follows, and displays the charms Of the fair spinster's breast, and moving arms : Graceful in motion thus his foe he plies, And treads each footstep ere the dust can rise: His glowing breath upon his shoulders plays ; Th...