Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, Volume 181845 |
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... THOMAS MYERS , Esq . , LL.D. EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY , from ELBE inclusive . BRITISH COUNTIES . HENRY LLOYD , Esq . BOTANY . THOMAS EDWARDS , Esq . , F.L.S. ZOOLOGY . VERTEBRALS . J. F. SOUTH , Esq . , F.L.S. , Lecturer on Anatomy at St.
... THOMAS MYERS , Esq . , LL.D. EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY , from ELBE inclusive . BRITISH COUNTIES . HENRY LLOYD , Esq . BOTANY . THOMAS EDWARDS , Esq . , F.L.S. ZOOLOGY . VERTEBRALS . J. F. SOUTH , Esq . , F.L.S. , Lecturer on Anatomy at St.
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... Thomas North . Plutarch , fol . 13. Theseus . Just so the proud insulting lass , Arrayed and dighted Hudibras . Butler . Hudibras , part i . can . 3. v . 927 . But ( trust me , gentles ! ) never yet Was dight a masquing half so neat ...
... Thomas North . Plutarch , fol . 13. Theseus . Just so the proud insulting lass , Arrayed and dighted Hudibras . Butler . Hudibras , part i . can . 3. v . 927 . But ( trust me , gentles ! ) never yet Was dight a masquing half so neat ...
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... Thomas More . Workes , fol . 648. The first Part of the Con- futation of Tyndall . Thus these words ( he hath spent al his goodes in riot ) are dila- ted and set forth at large , by rehearsing seuerally euery thing one after another ...
... Thomas More . Workes , fol . 648. The first Part of the Con- futation of Tyndall . Thus these words ( he hath spent al his goodes in riot ) are dila- ted and set forth at large , by rehearsing seuerally euery thing one after another ...
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... Thomas Brown , book v . ch . vi . DISCAMP : dis , and camp . ( q . v . ) See also to DECAMP . To deprive of the camps . Cotgrave renders the Fr. descamper ; " to discamp , to raise or remove a camp ; to depart from the camp . " " No ...
... Thomas Brown , book v . ch . vi . DISCAMP : dis , and camp . ( q . v . ) See also to DECAMP . To deprive of the camps . Cotgrave renders the Fr. descamper ; " to discamp , to raise or remove a camp ; to depart from the camp . " " No ...
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... Thomas COMFIT . defeat , to disconcert . More . DIS- COMFORT To separate or sever things knitted or enfolded DISCONCERT : Iuor & Ini were disconfite pat day , pe Iris & pe Wals with pam fled away . R. Brunne , p . 2 . Sith by his darte ...
... Thomas COMFIT . defeat , to disconcert . More . DIS- COMFORT To separate or sever things knitted or enfolded DISCONCERT : Iuor & Ini were disconfite pat day , pe Iris & pe Wals with pam fled away . R. Brunne , p . 2 . Sith by his darte ...
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Page 340 - To where Fleet-ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
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