The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of Rare and Curious Books and of the Book Sales in this Country, from the Close of the Seventeenth Century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures Delivered Weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the Principal Pictures Exhibited ... V. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807, Band 1Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall Longman, Hurst, 1807 |
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... probably not be un- connected with your object . · IN every department of human en- quiry , experience and . analogy are the only sure guides : and to know what may be effected by human ingenuity and la- bour , it is necessary to know ...
... probably not be un- connected with your object . · IN every department of human en- quiry , experience and . analogy are the only sure guides : and to know what may be effected by human ingenuity and la- bour , it is necessary to know ...
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... probably not be informed , that in topographical and old English historical works , it is extremely rich , from possessing the library of the late Mr. Thomas Astle ; which was ori- ginally collected by the learned Philip Morant , author ...
... probably not be informed , that in topographical and old English historical works , it is extremely rich , from possessing the library of the late Mr. Thomas Astle ; which was ori- ginally collected by the learned Philip Morant , author ...
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... probably useful as a reservoir of mois- ture , to supply the first wants of the ris- ing plant . The leaves absorb gaseous matter and moisture by their lower sur- faces , whilst their upper surfaces per- form the function of ...
... probably useful as a reservoir of mois- ture , to supply the first wants of the ris- ing plant . The leaves absorb gaseous matter and moisture by their lower sur- faces , whilst their upper surfaces per- form the function of ...
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... probably contained in those vessels . Mr. DAVY pointed out some of the obvious uses of the secreted fluids , both for nourishing and conserving the parts . In seeds , the oily constituent which pre- serves them through the winter ...
... probably contained in those vessels . Mr. DAVY pointed out some of the obvious uses of the secreted fluids , both for nourishing and conserving the parts . In seeds , the oily constituent which pre- serves them through the winter ...
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... probably soon seen the ef- fect in giving the sculptor's art a new elevation . For whether we contemplate On his arrival from Italy , Mr. Banks was induced to make trial of the ungenial climate of Russia ; but there his talents failed ...
... probably soon seen the ef- fect in giving the sculptor's art a new elevation . For whether we contemplate On his arrival from Italy , Mr. Banks was induced to make trial of the ungenial climate of Russia ; but there his talents failed ...
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