American Edition of the 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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... considered as the harbingers of a severe winter . They are known in Scotland by the name of snow flake . E. hortulana , the ortolan , is somewhat less than the yellow - hammer , is common in France and Italy , in Germany and Sweden ...
... considered as the harbingers of a severe winter . They are known in Scotland by the name of snow flake . E. hortulana , the ortolan , is somewhat less than the yellow - hammer , is common in France and Italy , in Germany and Sweden ...
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... Considered in relation to those parts upon which they are situated , they generally furnish good generic characters . Mandibulæ , mandibles , two horny curv- ed pieces , placed one on each side of the mouth , moving laterally , and used ...
... Considered in relation to those parts upon which they are situated , they generally furnish good generic characters . Mandibulæ , mandibles , two horny curv- ed pieces , placed one on each side of the mouth , moving laterally , and used ...
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... party has a title of entry , or an immediate right to possess them . This may be in person , or by attorney , or is an entry in law , which is merely the making con- tinual claim , by law considered equiva- lent to entry ENTOMOLOGY .
... party has a title of entry , or an immediate right to possess them . This may be in person , or by attorney , or is an entry in law , which is merely the making con- tinual claim , by law considered equiva- lent to entry ENTOMOLOGY .
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... considered equiva- lent to entry . A right of entry is when a party may have his remedy , either by entering into the lands , or by action to recover it . A title of entry is where one has a lawful entry in the land which ano- ther has ...
... considered equiva- lent to entry . A right of entry is when a party may have his remedy , either by entering into the lands , or by action to recover it . A title of entry is where one has a lawful entry in the land which ano- ther has ...
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... considered them as an infallible rule of truth , and termed them the first natural light of mankind . In the second part of his philosophy he laid down atoms , space , and gravity , as the first principles of all things . He did not ...
... considered them as an infallible rule of truth , and termed them the first natural light of mankind . In the second part of his philosophy he laid down atoms , space , and gravity , as the first principles of all things . He did not ...
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