A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Band 1Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... continued patronage and support . The great Father of Encyclopædial enterprize , Mr. Chambers , was far from overrating its importance when he observed that such a work " would answer most of the purposes of a library , except parade ...
... continued patronage and support . The great Father of Encyclopædial enterprize , Mr. Chambers , was far from overrating its importance when he observed that such a work " would answer most of the purposes of a library , except parade ...
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... continued without interruption for more than three years , was treated with derision , and the failure of the scheme , with the ruin of its projector , was confidently predicted . In January 1826 the first Part made its appearance ...
... continued without interruption for more than three years , was treated with derision , and the failure of the scheme , with the ruin of its projector , was confidently predicted . In January 1826 the first Part made its appearance ...
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... continued pa- tronage of the public , the Proprietor has only to remind them that no work of equal magnitude was ever undertaken by an individual on his own respon- sibility . He has had none to share his anxieties - to take any portion ...
... continued pa- tronage of the public , the Proprietor has only to remind them that no work of equal magnitude was ever undertaken by an individual on his own respon- sibility . He has had none to share his anxieties - to take any portion ...
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... continued fortification , of the ancient Britons . ABBOTS - LANGLEY , a village in Herts , four miles from St. Albans , ( and formerly belonging to the abbey there , ) famous for being the birth- place of Pope ADRIAN IV . ABBREVIATE , v ...
... continued fortification , of the ancient Britons . ABBOTS - LANGLEY , a village in Herts , four miles from St. Albans , ( and formerly belonging to the abbey there , ) famous for being the birth- place of Pope ADRIAN IV . ABBREVIATE , v ...
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... continued them : they thus make a consi- derable part of the most ancient religions . The Egyptian priests had their diurnal and nocturnal ablutions ; the Grecians their sprinklings ; the Romans their lustrations and lavations ; the ...
... continued them : they thus make a consi- derable part of the most ancient religions . The Egyptian priests had their diurnal and nocturnal ablutions ; the Grecians their sprinklings ; the Romans their lustrations and lavations ; the ...
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