The British Apollo: Containing Two Thousand Answers to Curious Questions in Most Arts and Sciences, Serious, Comical, and Humorous, Approved of by Many of the Most Learned and Ingenious of Both Universities, and of the Royal-Society, Volume 2T. Sanders, 1726 |
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... several things hired , as a hackney horse , coach , & c . 4. The ufe of the word hackney was originally confin'd to a horfe , and is derived from the German . word hackew , or the English hack ( i . e . pungere ) be- cause the horses ...
... several things hired , as a hackney horse , coach , & c . 4. The ufe of the word hackney was originally confin'd to a horfe , and is derived from the German . word hackew , or the English hack ( i . e . pungere ) be- cause the horses ...
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... Several Gentlemen difcourfing in relation to fport , one queried , how many woodcocks ( they thought ) two Gentle- men and himself killed in one day ? the Gentlemen having guefs'd eighteen , the querift replied , We kill'd feven and ...
... Several Gentlemen difcourfing in relation to fport , one queried , how many woodcocks ( they thought ) two Gentle- men and himself killed in one day ? the Gentlemen having guefs'd eighteen , the querift replied , We kill'd feven and ...
Page 397
... several caufes for this di- ftemper . Barbet derives it from a thick lympha , for the most part obftructing the nerves . Deckers im- putes it not only to lympha , but tough phlegm or other matter contained in the brain , and hurting the ...
... several caufes for this di- ftemper . Barbet derives it from a thick lympha , for the most part obftructing the nerves . Deckers im- putes it not only to lympha , but tough phlegm or other matter contained in the brain , and hurting the ...
Page 462
... word is aneuf , Vor more than you're worth ; And there we hit you t'other bout . Q. What is the meaning of Chrift's defcent into hell ? 4. We have had several questions fent us upon this 4. We 462 The BRITISH APOLLO .
... word is aneuf , Vor more than you're worth ; And there we hit you t'other bout . Q. What is the meaning of Chrift's defcent into hell ? 4. We have had several questions fent us upon this 4. We 462 The BRITISH APOLLO .
Page 463
... several questions fent us upon this fubject , and therefore fhall answer them all at once . Our church in the reign of Edward vi . annex'd this article to a Scripture paffage , whereby the appro- priated it's meaning to a determin'd ...
... several questions fent us upon this fubject , and therefore fhall answer them all at once . Our church in the reign of Edward vi . annex'd this article to a Scripture paffage , whereby the appro- priated it's meaning to a determin'd ...
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