Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Том 7John Brown, 1816 |
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... live entirely on thell and other fish . This is the only part of Arabia , where no one is furnished with arms of any kind ; and its inhabitants are a fimple , fearful , and inoi- fenfive people . Their chief employment is to work the ...
... live entirely on thell and other fish . This is the only part of Arabia , where no one is furnished with arms of any kind ; and its inhabitants are a fimple , fearful , and inoi- fenfive people . Their chief employment is to work the ...
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... live ftock raised . The popula- tion in 1801 , was 595. This parish is divided into two districts , called i . DALTON , LITTLE , which contained 105 in- habitants in 1793 ; and ii . DALTON , MEIKLE , Containing 510 . ( 3. ) DALTON , a ...
... live ftock raised . The popula- tion in 1801 , was 595. This parish is divided into two districts , called i . DALTON , LITTLE , which contained 105 in- habitants in 1793 ; and ii . DALTON , MEIKLE , Containing 510 . ( 3. ) DALTON , a ...
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... live in community under the direction of some superannuated female of the fame profeffion , under whom they receive a regular education , and are trained up in all the arts of love and pleafing , like scholars in an acade my . Thus they ...
... live in community under the direction of some superannuated female of the fame profeffion , under whom they receive a regular education , and are trained up in all the arts of love and pleafing , like scholars in an acade my . Thus they ...
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... , reeds and pa ! - metto leaves , dyed of different colours . Each man has feveral wives who live together in great harmony . They dance to the found of a pipe or G drum , ( 1 ) DARKNESS . n . S. [ from DAR D A R DA ( 49 )
... , reeds and pa ! - metto leaves , dyed of different colours . Each man has feveral wives who live together in great harmony . They dance to the found of a pipe or G drum , ( 1 ) DARKNESS . n . S. [ from DAR D A R DA ( 49 )
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... live an hour , much lefs for the space of three days , as the Egyptians are faid to have done , during the time this darkness lafted ; and therefore they ima- gine , that inftead of a darkness that may be felt , the Hebrew phrafe may ...
... live an hour , much lefs for the space of three days , as the Egyptians are faid to have done , during the time this darkness lafted ; and therefore they ima- gine , that inftead of a darkness that may be felt , the Hebrew phrafe may ...
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