The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., 2 dalis,16 tomasThomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... town of Asera , at the foot of Mount Helicon . twenty or thirty miles . Their food is corn and other vegetables , and those large earth worms that appear in great quantities on the Downs be- fore sun - rising in the summer . These are ...
... town of Asera , at the foot of Mount Helicon . twenty or thirty miles . Their food is corn and other vegetables , and those large earth worms that appear in great quantities on the Downs be- fore sun - rising in the summer . These are ...
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... town of Otranto . OTRAR , or Farab , a town of independent Tartary , on the Arsch , formerly a place of con- siderable extent . It is stated that Timur died at this place ; but other accounts represent his death to have taken place at ...
... town of Otranto . OTRAR , or Farab , a town of independent Tartary , on the Arsch , formerly a place of con- siderable extent . It is stated that Timur died at this place ; but other accounts represent his death to have taken place at ...
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... town is at the distance of nearly forty miles . In the vi- cinity are two remarkably large tombs of great antiquity , which the Mahometans believe are the tombs of Seth and Job . It is related in the his- tory of this place , that the ...
... town is at the distance of nearly forty miles . In the vi- cinity are two remarkably large tombs of great antiquity , which the Mahometans believe are the tombs of Seth and Job . It is related in the his- tory of this place , that the ...
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... town . It constitutes one of the cantons of the arrondissement of Brest , in the department of Finisterre ; but it is of small extent , not containing more than eighteen square miles . The soil is rather fertile , and covered in some ...
... town . It constitutes one of the cantons of the arrondissement of Brest , in the department of Finisterre ; but it is of small extent , not containing more than eighteen square miles . The soil is rather fertile , and covered in some ...
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... town of Spain , the chief place of Asturias , stands in a plain at the con- fluence of two small rivers called the Ovia and the Nora . It is of a horse - shoe form , with a square in the centre . The streets are straight and regular ...
... town of Spain , the chief place of Asturias , stands in a plain at the con- fluence of two small rivers called the Ovia and the Nora . It is of a horse - shoe form , with a square in the centre . The streets are straight and regular ...
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