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... Craven , Yorkshire . ( 1. ) CARLUKE , a parish of Scotland , in La- narkshire , 7 m . long from W. to E. and 44 broad . The furface being unequal , the foil and climate are fo called , as having vim carminis , the power CAR CAR ( 35 )
... Craven , Yorkshire . ( 1. ) CARLUKE , a parish of Scotland , in La- narkshire , 7 m . long from W. to E. and 44 broad . The furface being unequal , the foil and climate are fo called , as having vim carminis , the power CAR CAR ( 35 )
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... furface equal , the foil very various , and the climate od and wet ; though far from unhealthy , the pople often living to a great age . The planta- made by the late E. of Hyndford are fo ex- ive , that the ftone and earthen fences ...
... furface equal , the foil very various , and the climate od and wet ; though far from unhealthy , the pople often living to a great age . The planta- made by the late E. of Hyndford are fo ex- ive , that the ftone and earthen fences ...
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... furface ; and of all the degrees fred , from the paleft flesh colour to the deepest -red . It is generally free from ( pots , clouds , CARNICULA , a caruncle , particularly that fleshy fubftance which invefts the teeth . CARNID , in ...
... furface ; and of all the degrees fred , from the paleft flesh colour to the deepest -red . It is generally free from ( pots , clouds , CARNICULA , a caruncle , particularly that fleshy fubftance which invefts the teeth . CARNID , in ...
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... furface of the earth , and are red by hand with a light mould . The pods under ground . They tafte like nuts , and are raw or roafted . Cotton is also raised in plenty . The labour of one man produces in the feeds , or 500 lb. fit for ...
... furface of the earth , and are red by hand with a light mould . The pods under ground . They tafte like nuts , and are raw or roafted . Cotton is also raised in plenty . The labour of one man produces in the feeds , or 500 lb. fit for ...
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... furface is hilly and the foil partly wet , partly dry . About 1000 acres are arable and 2000 meadow ground . The population , in 1792 , as ftated by the rev . Mr Smith , in his report to Sir J. Sinclair , was 461 ; and had decreased 148 ...
... furface is hilly and the foil partly wet , partly dry . About 1000 acres are arable and 2000 meadow ground . The population , in 1792 , as ftated by the rev . Mr Smith , in his report to Sir J. Sinclair , was 461 ; and had decreased 148 ...
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Page 229 - ... or shot be intruded. If the ball be red hot, a tompion, or trencher of green wood, is to be driven in before it. The common allowance for a charge of powder of a piece of ordnance, is half the weight of the ball. In the British navy, the allowance for 32 pounders is but seven sixteenths of the weight of the bullet.
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Page 622 - Gospel in 97. 121 The Caledonians reconquer from the Romans all the Southern parts of Scotland ; upon which the emperor Adrian builds a wall between Newcastle and Carlisle ; but this also proving ineffectual, Pollius Urbicus, the Roman general, about the year 144, repairs Agricola's forts, which he joins by a wall four yards thick.
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Page 99 - ... fat. They breed once a-year, and bring forth at the latter end of the winter two or three young at a birth.
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