Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 17John Brown, 1816 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... prepared after fuch a manner as to render it pro- word comes from the Latin PERGAMENA , the an- cient name of this manufacture , which is faid to have been taken from the city of PERGAMOS , ' to ' Eumenes , the king of which , its ...
... prepared after fuch a manner as to render it pro- word comes from the Latin PERGAMENA , the an- cient name of this manufacture , which is faid to have been taken from the city of PERGAMOS , ' to ' Eumenes , the king of which , its ...
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... prepared and dressed for that purpose , after a manner not unlike that of our parchment ; though probably not so artificial- ly . The manufacture of parchment is begun by the skinner , and finished by the parchment - maker . The skin ...
... prepared and dressed for that purpose , after a manner not unlike that of our parchment ; though probably not so artificial- ly . The manufacture of parchment is begun by the skinner , and finished by the parchment - maker . The skin ...
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... prepared with great care . For refreshing it , the Chinefe ufe only rain or river water ; and in fpring they mix with this water the excrements of filk - worms , or the dung of poultry ; fummer they leave the feathers of ducks or Fowls ...
... prepared with great care . For refreshing it , the Chinefe ufe only rain or river water ; and in fpring they mix with this water the excrements of filk - worms , or the dung of poultry ; fummer they leave the feathers of ducks or Fowls ...
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... prepared for refiftance ; and therefore Craffus over - ran all Mefopotamia ; and if he had taken advantage of the confternation which the Parthians were in , might have also reduced Babylonia . But inftead of this , early in autumn , he ...
... prepared for refiftance ; and therefore Craffus over - ran all Mefopotamia ; and if he had taken advantage of the confternation which the Parthians were in , might have also reduced Babylonia . But inftead of this , early in autumn , he ...
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... prepared , compofed of four parts of bricks powdered and fifted , of one part of green vitriol calcinated till it becomes red , and of one part of common falta : The whole is very accu- rately mixed together , and a firm pafte is made ...
... prepared , compofed of four parts of bricks powdered and fifted , of one part of green vitriol calcinated till it becomes red , and of one part of common falta : The whole is very accu- rately mixed together , and a firm pafte is made ...
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Page 10 - He may also delegate part of his parental authority, during his life, to the tutor or schoolmaster of his child; who is then in loco parentis, and has such a portion of the power of the parent committed to his charge, viz.: that of restraint and correction, as may be necessary to answer the purposes for which he is employed.
Page 25 - M. st. 2, c. 2, as one of the liberties of the people, " that the freedom of speech, and debates, and proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 24 - And herein indeed consists the true excellence of the English government, that all the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other. In the legislature, the people are a check upon the nobility, and the nobility a check upon the people, by the mutual privilege of rejecting what the other has resolved ; while the king is a check upon both, which preserves the executive power from encroachments. And this very executive power...
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