Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 15,Teil 2Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... supposed to bear a refemblance . The prefter differs from the thunderbolt in the manner of its inflammation ; and in its burning and breaking every thing it touches with greater vio- lence . PRESTER , a word ufed by fome to exprefs the ...
... supposed to bear a refemblance . The prefter differs from the thunderbolt in the manner of its inflammation ; and in its burning and breaking every thing it touches with greater vio- lence . PRESTER , a word ufed by fome to exprefs the ...
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... supposed to have had a fhare in writing The Examiner . In 1711 , he was made one of the commiffioners of the cuftoms ; and was fent minifter plenipotentiary to France , for the negotiating a peace with that king- dom . Soon after the ...
... supposed to have had a fhare in writing The Examiner . In 1711 , he was made one of the commiffioners of the cuftoms ; and was fent minifter plenipotentiary to France , for the negotiating a peace with that king- dom . Soon after the ...
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... supposed that these showers of ftones and duft fall for a continuance in the manner of fhowers of rain , or that the fragments or pieces are as frequent as drops of water ; it is fufficient that a num- ber of ftones , or a quantity of ...
... supposed that these showers of ftones and duft fall for a continuance in the manner of fhowers of rain , or that the fragments or pieces are as frequent as drops of water ; it is fufficient that a num- ber of ftones , or a quantity of ...
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