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... sometimes called Nilo- scope , an instrument used among the an- cients to measure the height of the water in the river Nile , in its periodical overflow- ings . It was first set up , it has been as- serted , by Joseph , during his ...
... sometimes called Nilo- scope , an instrument used among the an- cients to measure the height of the water in the river Nile , in its periodical overflow- ings . It was first set up , it has been as- serted , by Joseph , during his ...
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... sometimes on the gravel of garden walks , usually after rain in the summer months . NOSTRILS , in anatomy , the two aper- tures or cavities of the nose , through which the air passes , and which serve to convey odours , and to carry off ...
... sometimes on the gravel of garden walks , usually after rain in the summer months . NOSTRILS , in anatomy , the two aper- tures or cavities of the nose , through which the air passes , and which serve to convey odours , and to carry off ...
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... sometimes will suddenly try . The female lays many eggs , and , se- appear with a family of twenty young ones . petually uttering it . The flesh of the young It is a bird of harsh sound , and almost per- preferable to those of the ...
... sometimes will suddenly try . The female lays many eggs , and , se- appear with a family of twenty young ones . petually uttering it . The flesh of the young It is a bird of harsh sound , and almost per- preferable to those of the ...
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... sometimes imported in preserve , by way of sweetmeat , or as a curiosity . See MACE . The nutmeg , as we receive it , is of a roundish or oval figure , of a tolerably com- pact and firm texture , but easily cut with a knife , and ...
... sometimes imported in preserve , by way of sweetmeat , or as a curiosity . See MACE . The nutmeg , as we receive it , is of a roundish or oval figure , of a tolerably com- pact and firm texture , but easily cut with a knife , and ...
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... sometimes by the measures of different de- grees of latitude , and sometimes by the length of pendulums , vibrating seconds in different latitudes . See EARTH , DEGREE , & c . OBLIGATION , in law , a bond con- taining a penalty , with a ...
... sometimes by the measures of different de- grees of latitude , and sometimes by the length of pendulums , vibrating seconds in different latitudes . See EARTH , DEGREE , & c . OBLIGATION , in law , a bond con- taining a penalty , with a ...
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