The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures; of the Population, Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. of Each County ...Thomson Bonar and John Brown [and 7 others], 1805 - 547 страници |
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... less at neap tides than 16 or 17 feet of water in the harbour , which is capable of receiving vessels from 300 to 400 tons , according as they are more flat or more sharp built , and which afterwards can , upon a greater flow of tide ...
... less at neap tides than 16 or 17 feet of water in the harbour , which is capable of receiving vessels from 300 to 400 tons , according as they are more flat or more sharp built , and which afterwards can , upon a greater flow of tide ...
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... less exposed to a combination of corn - dealers in Berwick or Dunbar , the only ports for- merly in use . The merchants here soon became numerous and respec- table . Besides the corn , they opened an importation trade to the Baltic for ...
... less exposed to a combination of corn - dealers in Berwick or Dunbar , the only ports for- merly in use . The merchants here soon became numerous and respec- table . Besides the corn , they opened an importation trade to the Baltic for ...
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... personally in arms to defend the safety of his possessions , is less hostile than a state of idle- ness and luxury to the higher orders of men in society . In men . the former state of affairs , amidst all 98 BERWICKSHIRE .
... personally in arms to defend the safety of his possessions , is less hostile than a state of idle- ness and luxury to the higher orders of men in society . In men . the former state of affairs , amidst all 98 BERWICKSHIRE .
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... less than 30,000 students came to Oxford to hear his lectures . His fame was now become so uni- versal , that the general of his order commanded him to go to Paris , that the students of that university might also profit by his lectures ...
... less than 30,000 students came to Oxford to hear his lectures . His fame was now become so uni- versal , that the general of his order commanded him to go to Paris , that the students of that university might also profit by his lectures ...
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... less useful speculation , that is , a theory of the formation and structure of the globe , deserves to be mentioned , on account of the ser- vices performed by him to mankind , in an art , the uti- lity of which is in no respect ...
... less useful speculation , that is , a theory of the formation and structure of the globe , deserves to be mentioned , on account of the ser- vices performed by him to mankind , in an art , the uti- lity of which is in no respect ...
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