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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... 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 , active ...
... 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 , active ...
Page 13
... inches long ; fhorter on the fides ; the belly almoft naked ; from the shoulders to the breaft is a band of white : no tail : on the lower part of the back is a gland , open at the top , dif- charging a fetid ichorous liquor ; this has ...
... inches long ; fhorter on the fides ; the belly almoft naked ; from the shoulders to the breaft is a band of white : no tail : on the lower part of the back is a gland , open at the top , dif- charging a fetid ichorous liquor ; this has ...
Page 58
... inches in length , and the rev . Dr James Playtar reads it thus , LOHH in refi ; and fays it co spa- fes the initials of the following words Lege obelisci bujus hieroglyphicis in nostro regno extin & ionem Sue- note incrfonis ; which ...
... inches in length , and the rev . Dr James Playtar reads it thus , LOHH in refi ; and fays it co spa- fes the initials of the following words Lege obelisci bujus hieroglyphicis in nostro regno extin & ionem Sue- note incrfonis ; which ...
Page 63
... inch higher every infpiration , and fink as much every expiration , but never fo low as that the water may come over the mouth . 7thly , If therefore a perfon unacquainted with fwimming , and falling accidentally into the water , could ...
... inch higher every infpiration , and fink as much every expiration , but never fo low as that the water may come over the mouth . 7thly , If therefore a perfon unacquainted with fwimming , and falling accidentally into the water , could ...
Page 81
... . One defcribed by Sir Robert Sibbald was two feet in length ; that examined by Mr Penrant only 16 inches . The ncfe was an inch lông , compreffed L fidewife , rian rules , fhall have no power to command his SYN SYN ( 81 )
... . One defcribed by Sir Robert Sibbald was two feet in length ; that examined by Mr Penrant only 16 inches . The ncfe was an inch lông , compreffed L fidewife , rian rules , fhall have no power to command his SYN SYN ( 81 )
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.