Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 15,Parte 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... shall give a fhort de- fcription of the structure of plants , beginning with the seed , and tracing its progress and evolution to a ftate of maturity . 1. Of Seeds . ] The feeds of plants are of various figures and fizes . Moft of them ...
... shall give a fhort de- fcription of the structure of plants , beginning with the seed , and tracing its progress and evolution to a ftate of maturity . 1. Of Seeds . ] The feeds of plants are of various figures and fizes . Moft of them ...
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... shall fubjoin an experiment made by Mr Muftel of the Academy of Sciences at Rouen , which feems decifive against the doctrine of circulation . His account of it is as fol- lows . " On the 12th of January I placed feveral fhrubs in pots ...
... shall fubjoin an experiment made by Mr Muftel of the Academy of Sciences at Rouen , which feems decifive against the doctrine of circulation . His account of it is as fol- lows . " On the 12th of January I placed feveral fhrubs in pots ...
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... shall fubjoin nothing of our own , but leave our readers to determine for themfelves ( c ) . Speculations of this kind , when carried on by fober men , will never be productive of bad confequences ; but by the fubtle fceptic , or the ...
... shall fubjoin nothing of our own , but leave our readers to determine for themfelves ( c ) . Speculations of this kind , when carried on by fober men , will never be productive of bad confequences ; but by the fubtle fceptic , or the ...
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... shall lay before our readers a short abstract of the reafonings by which Mr Young endeavours to fupport his hypothefis , and we shall take the liberty of remarking upon thofe reafonings as we proceed . The author , after a fhort ...
... shall lay before our readers a short abstract of the reafonings by which Mr Young endeavours to fupport his hypothefis , and we shall take the liberty of remarking upon thofe reafonings as we proceed . The author , after a fhort ...
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... shall experience a refistance to their approximation . Why , then , may not a piece of iron , which between our fingers refifts their coming to- gether , refift by an efficacy perfectly fimilar , though more ftrongly exerted ? If ...
... shall experience a refistance to their approximation . Why , then , may not a piece of iron , which between our fingers refifts their coming to- gether , refift by an efficacy perfectly fimilar , though more ftrongly exerted ? If ...
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Página 192 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
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Página 230 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Página 224 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
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