Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 91Pub. for J. Hinton., 1792 |
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... OBSERVATIONS on DANCING : Illuftrative of the Frontispiece to this Volume , representing the Mufe TERPSICHORE . Hail , lovelieft art ! that canft all hearts infnare , And make the faireft ftill appear more fair . S Logic is termed the ...
... OBSERVATIONS on DANCING : Illuftrative of the Frontispiece to this Volume , representing the Mufe TERPSICHORE . Hail , lovelieft art ! that canft all hearts infnare , And make the faireft ftill appear more fair . S Logic is termed the ...
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... OBSERVATIONS on the HEAT of BEES : By JOHN HUNTER. Hence , with her fifter arts , fhall Dancing claim An equal right to ... observed , that the Indian favages , upon hearing the found of any musical instrument , could not forbear throwing ...
... OBSERVATIONS on the HEAT of BEES : By JOHN HUNTER. Hence , with her fifter arts , fhall Dancing claim An equal right to ... observed , that the Indian favages , upon hearing the found of any musical instrument , could not forbear throwing ...
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OBSERVATIONS on the HEAT of BEES : By JOHN HUNTER , Esq . [ From Philofophical Transactions , Part I , for 1792. ] BEES are , perhaps , the only in- fect that produces heat within itself , and were therefore intended to have a tolerably ...
OBSERVATIONS on the HEAT of BEES : By JOHN HUNTER , Esq . [ From Philofophical Transactions , Part I , for 1792. ] BEES are , perhaps , the only in- fect that produces heat within itself , and were therefore intended to have a tolerably ...
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... observe that the materials , as they are found compofing the comb , are not to be found in the fame ftate ( as a compofi- tion ) in any vegetable , where they have been fuppofed to be got . The fubftance brought in on their legs , which ...
... observe that the materials , as they are found compofing the comb , are not to be found in the fame ftate ( as a compofi- tion ) in any vegetable , where they have been fuppofed to be got . The fubftance brought in on their legs , which ...
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... observed this fubftance , in my examination of the working bee , I was at a lofs to fay what it was I asked myself if it was new fcales forming , and whether they caft the old , as the lobfter , & c . does ? but it was to be found only ...
... observed this fubftance , in my examination of the working bee , I was at a lofs to fay what it was I asked myself if it was new fcales forming , and whether they caft the old , as the lobfter , & c . does ? but it was to be found only ...
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