American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... matter of know . ledge . The emblem is somewhat plain- er than the enigma , and the invention is more modern , it being entirely unknown to the ancients . EMBLEMENTS , in law , signify the profits of land sown ; but the word is ...
... matter of know . ledge . The emblem is somewhat plain- er than the enigma , and the invention is more modern , it being entirely unknown to the ancients . EMBLEMENTS , in law , signify the profits of land sown ; but the word is ...
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... matter , the last tint would be obtained ; but the fire which must be used to melt this vitreous mass destroys the red colour . Besides , it is found , that , to obtain this colour in perfec ion , it is necessary to pass it through the ...
... matter , the last tint would be obtained ; but the fire which must be used to melt this vitreous mass destroys the red colour . Besides , it is found , that , to obtain this colour in perfec ion , it is necessary to pass it through the ...
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... matters of fraud , account , suits for a discovery , matters of accident , and the like , courts of equity act , in aid of the courts of law , and give relief , where , from the nature of the case , a court of law cannot relieve . Thus ...
... matters of fraud , account , suits for a discovery , matters of accident , and the like , courts of equity act , in aid of the courts of law , and give relief , where , from the nature of the case , a court of law cannot relieve . Thus ...
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... matter of trifling conse . quence . A bright or shining bay appears in this country to obtain the preference . In China , what are called pie - bald horses are in particular estimation . On occa- sions of particular state in England ...
... matter of trifling conse . quence . A bright or shining bay appears in this country to obtain the preference . In China , what are called pie - bald horses are in particular estimation . On occa- sions of particular state in England ...
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... matter in writing , deed , & c . or by matter in pais , i . e . by some act , such as livery , entry , partition , accept- ance of rent , or of an estate . Thus , if a man seized in fee takes a lease of his own land , by this he is ...
... matter in writing , deed , & c . or by matter in pais , i . e . by some act , such as livery , entry , partition , accept- ance of rent , or of an estate . Thus , if a man seized in fee takes a lease of his own land , by this he is ...
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