Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge, Volume 21 |
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... hath given to the male the fong , with all the little blandifhment and foothing arts ; these he fondly exerts ( even after courtship ) on fome fpray conti- guous to the neft , during the time his mate is performing her parental duties ...
... hath given to the male the fong , with all the little blandifhment and foothing arts ; these he fondly exerts ( even after courtship ) on fome fpray conti- guous to the neft , during the time his mate is performing her parental duties ...
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... hath only a quickening heat when the fitteth . Bacon . - She mistakes a piece of chalk for an egg , and fits upon it . Addijon . 8. To be adjufted ; to be with respect to fitnefs or unfitnefa , decorum or indecorum.- This new and ...
... hath only a quickening heat when the fitteth . Bacon . - She mistakes a piece of chalk for an egg , and fits upon it . Addijon . 8. To be adjufted ; to be with respect to fitnefs or unfitnefa , decorum or indecorum.- This new and ...
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... hath many respects in it , not only for the days of the creation , but as being a perfect number . Brown . ( 2. ) SIX AND SEVEN . n.f. To be at fix and fecen , is to be in a state of disorder and confufion . A ludicrous expreffion that ...
... hath many respects in it , not only for the days of the creation , but as being a perfect number . Brown . ( 2. ) SIX AND SEVEN . n.f. To be at fix and fecen , is to be in a state of disorder and confufion . A ludicrous expreffion that ...
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... hath been found in it valued at 201. Sterling . Here is alfo a confiderable num . ber of fresh - water lakes weil ftored with trouts and eels . The largeft of thefe lakes takes its name from St Columba , to whom is dedicated a chapel ...
... hath been found in it valued at 201. Sterling . Here is alfo a confiderable num . ber of fresh - water lakes weil ftored with trouts and eels . The largeft of thefe lakes takes its name from St Columba , to whom is dedicated a chapel ...
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... hath slandered thy fervant . 2 Sam . xix . 27 . -Give me kave to speak as carneftly in commend ing it , as you have done in flandering it.- ( 2. ) SLANK , in botany . See ALGE . SLANT . adj . [ from flanghe , a ferpent , SLANTING ...
... hath slandered thy fervant . 2 Sam . xix . 27 . -Give me kave to speak as carneftly in commend ing it , as you have done in flandering it.- ( 2. ) SLANK , in botany . See ALGE . SLANT . adj . [ from flanghe , a ferpent , SLANTING ...
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Page 329 - ... upon which we walked •were often flat, having neither concavity nor convexity : the larger number however were concave, though...
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Page 329 - ... as have been broken off, which extends as far under water as the eye can reach. Here the forms of the pillars -are apparent : these are of three, four, five, six, and seven sides, but the numbers of five and six are by much the most prevalent.
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Page 329 - NW you meet with the higheft ranges of pillars, the magnificent appearance of which is part all defcription : here they are bare to their very bafis, and the ftratum below them is alfo vifible : in a fhort time it rifes many feet above the water, and^ gives an opportunity of examining its quality. Its...