Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 22John Brown, 1816 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... feet inches ; height before , a feet 2 inches : but in a wild ftate , it grows to an enormous fize . These animals inha- bit the hotteft parts of Africa , from Senegal to Congo , alfo the island of Madagascar . They are very fierce ...
... feet inches ; height before , a feet 2 inches : but in a wild ftate , it grows to an enormous fize . These animals inha- bit the hotteft parts of Africa , from Senegal to Congo , alfo the island of Madagascar . They are very fierce ...
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... feet , and the tongue , are all prepared as toed . The fat of the intefines and web , which differs from common laid . is employed for greafing axles of wheels , and for many other purpofes . Sieves are made of the fkin ; and brushes ...
... feet , and the tongue , are all prepared as toed . The fat of the intefines and web , which differs from common laid . is employed for greafing axles of wheels , and for many other purpofes . Sieves are made of the fkin ; and brushes ...
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... feet are black , as is its bill , which is like that of a goofe , but fomething rounder , and a little hooked at the lower end of it ; the two fides below its eyes are black and fhining like ebony . Swans ufe wings like fails , which ...
... feet are black , as is its bill , which is like that of a goofe , but fomething rounder , and a little hooked at the lower end of it ; the two fides below its eyes are black and fhining like ebony . Swans ufe wings like fails , which ...
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... feet . Davies . 3. Fragrant to the fmell.- Burn fweet wood to make the lodging sweet . Shak . -Where a rainbow hangeth over or toucheth , there breatheth a sweet smell ; for that this hap peneth but in certain matters which have fome ...
... feet . Davies . 3. Fragrant to the fmell.- Burn fweet wood to make the lodging sweet . Shak . -Where a rainbow hangeth over or toucheth , there breatheth a sweet smell ; for that this hap peneth but in certain matters which have fome ...
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... feet above the pavement on the faith . Atterbury . 3. To ply ; to bend.— top of the steps by which one afcends , is the in- fcription engraved on Plate CCCXXIX . The in- * feription is difpofed in two lines , on a scale of 15 inches in ...
... feet above the pavement on the faith . Atterbury . 3. To ply ; to bend.— top of the steps by which one afcends , is the in- fcription engraved on Plate CCCXXIX . The in- * feription is difpofed in two lines , on a scale of 15 inches in ...
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Page 279 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Page 286 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 63 - The body continuing suspended as before, and upright, if the head be leaned quite back, so that the face looks upwards, all the back part of the head being then under water, and its weight consequently in a great measure supported by it, the face...
Page 271 - Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read : no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate : for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Page 71 - He has no children. All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop?
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Page 63 - ... that you cannot but by active force get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power of the water to support you, and learn to confide in that power ; while your endeavours to overcome it, and...
Page 288 - God : but made himfelf of no reputation, and took upon him the form* of a fervant, and was made in the likenefs of men. And being found in fafhion as a man, he humbled himfelf, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the crofs.
Page 334 - And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Page 62 - ... taken together is too light to sink wholly under water, but some part will remain above, until the lungs become filled with water, which happens from drawing water into them instead of air, when a person in the fright attempts breathing while the mouth and nostrils are under water.