A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 7Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... swift - going vessel ; the incisores , or cutting teeth ; an officer in the exchequer ; a ruffian . Cutter off means a destroyer . Cutting is , a piece cut off ; an incision ; a caper , but this is obsolete ; division , as of a pack of ...
... swift - going vessel ; the incisores , or cutting teeth ; an officer in the exchequer ; a ruffian . Cutter off means a destroyer . Cutting is , a piece cut off ; an incision ; a caper , but this is obsolete ; division , as of a pack of ...
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... Swift . So mutton cutlets , prime of meat . CUTTACK , a considerable district of Orissa , Hindostan , situated between the twentieth and twenty - second degrees of north latitude . It is bounded on the north by Midnapoor and Mo ...
... Swift . So mutton cutlets , prime of meat . CUTTACK , a considerable district of Orissa , Hindostan , situated between the twentieth and twenty - second degrees of north latitude . It is bounded on the north by Midnapoor and Mo ...
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... swift dog , who snatched away part of the sacrifice offering to Hercules . It had a gymnasium , in which stran- gers or those of the half blood performed their exercises ; the case of Hercules , to whom the place was consecrated . It ...
... swift dog , who snatched away part of the sacrifice offering to Hercules . It had a gymnasium , in which stran- gers or those of the half blood performed their exercises ; the case of Hercules , to whom the place was consecrated . It ...
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... Swift . rupted by one of his friends , he stabs him , and breaks He strikes himself with his dagger , but being inter- the dagger on one his ribs . The Roman , when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome , Threw down the dagger ...
... Swift . rupted by one of his friends , he stabs him , and breaks He strikes himself with his dagger , but being inter- the dagger on one his ribs . The Roman , when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome , Threw down the dagger ...
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... Swift's Rules to Servants . Around him dance the rosy hours , And damasking the ground with flowers , With ambient sweets perfume the morn . Fenton . No gradual bloom is wanting from the bud , Nor broad carnations , nor gay spotted ...
... Swift's Rules to Servants . Around him dance the rosy hours , And damasking the ground with flowers , With ambient sweets perfume the morn . Fenton . No gradual bloom is wanting from the bud , Nor broad carnations , nor gay spotted ...
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