The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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... sense of the word . NUMIDIA , the PINTADO , or guinea- hen , in natural history , a genus of birds of the order Gallinæ . Generic character : bill strong and short , with a carunculate cere at the base , in which the nostrils are lodged ...
... sense of the word . NUMIDIA , the PINTADO , or guinea- hen , in natural history , a genus of birds of the order Gallinæ . Generic character : bill strong and short , with a carunculate cere at the base , in which the nostrils are lodged ...
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... sense which , be- sides men , few mammalia enjoy ; that is , few animals possess the faculty of distin- guishing the form of external objects , and their qualities , by organs destined for that purpose , a property very different from ...
... sense which , be- sides men , few mammalia enjoy ; that is , few animals possess the faculty of distin- guishing the form of external objects , and their qualities , by organs destined for that purpose , a property very different from ...
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... sense in which , he thinks , it cannot , with propriety , be applied to such bodies as are almost deprived , not only of their primitive form , but of their original constituent prin . ciples . In these cases , where so consi derable a ...
... sense in which , he thinks , it cannot , with propriety , be applied to such bodies as are almost deprived , not only of their primitive form , but of their original constituent prin . ciples . In these cases , where so consi derable a ...
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... sense ; and , according to others , it is an emotion of the soul occasioned by these organs . PAINTING . The art of ... sense contained . No ! to un- derstand , we are obliged to read it ; and in case the subject be abstruse , and our ...
... sense ; and , according to others , it is an emotion of the soul occasioned by these organs . PAINTING . The art of ... sense contained . No ! to un- derstand , we are obliged to read it ; and in case the subject be abstruse , and our ...
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... sense it is nearly allied to colouring , if not indeed inseparable from it . A thorough.concep- tion and knowledge of the chiaro - scuro is of the greatest importance to a painter , as it is very chiefly by the proper application of ...
... sense it is nearly allied to colouring , if not indeed inseparable from it . A thorough.concep- tion and knowledge of the chiaro - scuro is of the greatest importance to a painter , as it is very chiefly by the proper application of ...
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