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... fays they had their abaci , beds , & c . plated over with gold . ABACUS , among the ancient mathematicians , figni- fied a table covered with duft , on which they drew their diagrams ; the word in this fenfe being derived from the ...
... fays they had their abaci , beds , & c . plated over with gold . ABACUS , among the ancient mathematicians , figni- fied a table covered with duft , on which they drew their diagrams ; the word in this fenfe being derived from the ...
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... ( fays Mr Toland * ) , were the Hyperboreans of Diodorus + , then the celebrated Abaris was of that country ; and Druids in likewife a druid , having been the priest of Apollo . his Pofthu- Suidas , who knew not the diftinction of the ...
... ( fays Mr Toland * ) , were the Hyperboreans of Diodorus + , then the celebrated Abaris was of that country ; and Druids in likewife a druid , having been the priest of Apollo . his Pofthu- Suidas , who knew not the diftinction of the ...
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... fay , Father . But the name Ab , or Abba , which at firft was a term of tenderness and affection in the Hebrew and ... fays , that there were 27 parliamentary abbots and two priors . In the parliament 20 Rich . II . there were but 25 ...
... fay , Father . But the name Ab , or Abba , which at firft was a term of tenderness and affection in the Hebrew and ... fays , that there were 27 parliamentary abbots and two priors . In the parliament 20 Rich . II . there were but 25 ...
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... fays he ; " but confident of myfelf , my ambi- tion had no bounds : I afpired to the dignity of a pro- feffor , and only waited till I could fix on a proper place to open my lectures . ' Melun , a town ten leagues from Paris , where the ...
... fays he ; " but confident of myfelf , my ambi- tion had no bounds : I afpired to the dignity of a pro- feffor , and only waited till I could fix on a proper place to open my lectures . ' Melun , a town ten leagues from Paris , where the ...
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... fays he , " concerning the direction in which a gun must be pointed to ftrike a bird in its flight inftead of pointing it ftraight to the bird , the fowler will point a little before it , in the path of its flight , and that fo much the ...
... fays he , " concerning the direction in which a gun must be pointed to ftrike a bird in its flight inftead of pointing it ftraight to the bird , the fowler will point a little before it , in the path of its flight , and that fo much the ...
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