British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... called sweat , when , becoming more copious , it flows in form of a liquid . The innumerable arteries , which pervade every part of the skin , are the source of these secretions ; and their exhaling ori- fices are supposed to penetrate ...
... called sweat , when , becoming more copious , it flows in form of a liquid . The innumerable arteries , which pervade every part of the skin , are the source of these secretions ; and their exhaling ori- fices are supposed to penetrate ...
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... called vowels , which are letters produced by the mere passage of the voice through the mouth , requiring only a greater or less aperture of the mouth . Hence these are the first that the child utters . The consonants , which form the ...
... called vowels , which are letters produced by the mere passage of the voice through the mouth , requiring only a greater or less aperture of the mouth . Hence these are the first that the child utters . The consonants , which form the ...
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... called idio - syncra- sies . There are many both pre - disposing and occasional causes , which have an opera- tion in producing this diversity of tempe- raments ; as hereditary disposition , habit of body , climate , diet , religion ...
... called idio - syncra- sies . There are many both pre - disposing and occasional causes , which have an opera- tion in producing this diversity of tempe- raments ; as hereditary disposition , habit of body , climate , diet , religion ...
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... called a repike ; and if he reckons above thirty , he reckons so many above ninety . If he can make up thirty , part in hand , and part in play , be- fore the other has told any thing , he reck- ons for them sixty ; and this is called a ...
... called a repike ; and if he reckons above thirty , he reckons so many above ninety . If he can make up thirty , part in hand , and part in play , be- fore the other has told any thing , he reck- ons for them sixty ; and this is called a ...
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... called his piece . PIEPOWDER is a court held for the redress of grievances , in remedying and inforcing of contracts at fairs . PIER , or PEER , in building , denotes a mass of stone , & c . opposed by way of fortress against the force ...
... called his piece . PIEPOWDER is a court held for the redress of grievances , in remedying and inforcing of contracts at fairs . PIER , or PEER , in building , denotes a mass of stone , & c . opposed by way of fortress against the force ...
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