The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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... figure of syn- tax , wherein one or more words are not ex- pressed ; and from this deficiency it has got the name ellipsis . ELLIPSIS , in rhetoric , a figure nearly al- lied to preterition , when the orator , through the ellipsis ...
... figure of syn- tax , wherein one or more words are not ex- pressed ; and from this deficiency it has got the name ellipsis . ELLIPSIS , in rhetoric , a figure nearly al- lied to preterition , when the orator , through the ellipsis ...
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... figures painted or cut metaphori- cally , expressing some action , with reflec- tions underneath , which , in some ... figures stick out from the plane whereon it is cut ; and ac- cording as the figures are more or less pro- minent ...
... figures painted or cut metaphori- cally , expressing some action , with reflec- tions underneath , which , in some ... figures stick out from the plane whereon it is cut ; and ac- cording as the figures are more or less pro- minent ...
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... figures . In embroidering stuffs , the work is per- formed in a kind of loom , because the more the piece is stretched , the easier it is worked . As to muslin , they spread it upon a pattern ready designed ; and sometimes , before it ...
... figures . In embroidering stuffs , the work is per- formed in a kind of loom , because the more the piece is stretched , the easier it is worked . As to muslin , they spread it upon a pattern ready designed ; and sometimes , before it ...
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... figure , from within side , so as to stand out prominent from the plane or sur- face of the metal . In order to this they provide a number of fine steel blocks , or puncheons , of divers sizes ; and the design being drawn on the surface ...
... figure , from within side , so as to stand out prominent from the plane or sur- face of the metal . In order to this they provide a number of fine steel blocks , or puncheons , of divers sizes ; and the design being drawn on the surface ...
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... figures , devices , & c . on any of the above stones after they are polished , is performed through the means of a ... figure gradually form- ed . The materials of which the tools are made is generally iron , and sometimes brass , they ...
... figures , devices , & c . on any of the above stones after they are polished , is performed through the means of a ... figure gradually form- ed . The materials of which the tools are made is generally iron , and sometimes brass , they ...
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