British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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... land about Spitzbergen , but upon the ice contiguous to it , though merely graminivorous birds , of which genus they are the sole species found in that cli- mate . In the north of Great Britian they sometimes appear in vast flocks , and ...
... land about Spitzbergen , but upon the ice contiguous to it , though merely graminivorous birds , of which genus they are the sole species found in that cli- mate . In the north of Great Britian they sometimes appear in vast flocks , and ...
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... land sown ; but the word is sometimes used more largely , for any profits that arise and grow naturally from the ground , as grass , fruit , hemp , flax , & c . EMBOLISMIC , or intercalary , a term used by chronologists in speaking of ...
... land sown ; but the word is sometimes used more largely , for any profits that arise and grow naturally from the ground , as grass , fruit , hemp , flax , & c . EMBOLISMIC , or intercalary , a term used by chronologists in speaking of ...
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... land ; it is of a brownish colour . border- ing a little on red , exceedingly hard , and in consequence difficult to pulverize . The English are the only people who have the art of reducing common emery into powder , and thus send it to ...
... land ; it is of a brownish colour . border- ing a little on red , exceedingly hard , and in consequence difficult to pulverize . The English are the only people who have the art of reducing common emery into powder , and thus send it to ...
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... lands and tenements , of which her husband was seized at any time during the coverture . Of lands , not freehold , her ... land , under the protection of the king's peace , may be dealt with as a traitor , be- cause he owes a qualified ...
... lands and tenements , of which her husband was seized at any time during the coverture . Of lands , not freehold , her ... land , under the protection of the king's peace , may be dealt with as a traitor , be- cause he owes a qualified ...
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... land insects . Some few insects , however , in their complete state , are bees for instance ; and it is well known ... lands or tenements , where the party has a title of entry , or an immediate right to possess them . This may be in ...
... land insects . Some few insects , however , in their complete state , are bees for instance ; and it is well known ... lands or tenements , where the party has a title of entry , or an immediate right to possess them . This may be in ...
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