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, כרך 10Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 |
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עמוד
... letters , absorbed in meditation , often forgets the natural wants of his body . Whatever diminishes the sensibility of the stomach makes hun- ger more tolerable . Thus , the Indian and Turkish fanatics ( Mollahs and Fa- kirs ) are said ...
... letters , absorbed in meditation , often forgets the natural wants of his body . Whatever diminishes the sensibility of the stomach makes hun- ger more tolerable . Thus , the Indian and Turkish fanatics ( Mollahs and Fa- kirs ) are said ...
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... letters that express all their power ; and it will be readily admitted that man made a great step towards perfection , when he invented these signs , adapted to preserve and transmit his thoughts . Sounds are expressed by the letters ...
... letters that express all their power ; and it will be readily admitted that man made a great step towards perfection , when he invented these signs , adapted to preserve and transmit his thoughts . Sounds are expressed by the letters ...
עמוד
... letter written from Italy to Father Mersenne . The experiment was performed again in 1646 , by Mersenne and Pascal ; and the latter devised , in 1647 , a method of rendering it still more decisive , by making it at different alti- tudes ...
... letter written from Italy to Father Mersenne . The experiment was performed again in 1646 , by Mersenne and Pascal ; and the latter devised , in 1647 , a method of rendering it still more decisive , by making it at different alti- tudes ...
עמוד
... letters thus conveyed , post- offices ; and even the drivers of chaises , postillions ; and their vehicles , post- chaises ; it is natural , besides , to say , he who continues a journey on fresh horses , without stopping for more than ...
... letters thus conveyed , post- offices ; and even the drivers of chaises , postillions ; and their vehicles , post- chaises ; it is natural , besides , to say , he who continues a journey on fresh horses , without stopping for more than ...
עמוד
... letters at- tached to them ; in England , men who conveyed letters were called carriers , which was certainly , in the then state of the roads , a much more appropriate term than the present , implying , in one accep- tation , exceeding ...
... letters at- tached to them ; in England , men who conveyed letters were called carriers , which was certainly , in the then state of the roads , a much more appropriate term than the present , implying , in one accep- tation , exceeding ...
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