. Encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of systems ... . ery con- July, Auguft, and part of September, the weit and fiderable influence, particularly among the Perfians Toward the middle of the 12th century, the feetef Manichees took a news face, on occafion of oneConftantine, an Armenian, and an adherer to it; whotook upon him to fupprefs the reading of all otherbooks befides the Evanglifts and the Epiflles ofSt Paul, which he explained i
. Encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of systems ... . ery con- July, Auguft, and part of September, the weit and fiderable influence, particularly among the Perfians Toward the middle of the 12th century, the feetef Manichees took a news face, on occafion of oneConftantine, an Armenian, and an adherer to it; whotook upon him to fupprefs the reading of all otherbooks befides the Evanglifts and the Epiflles ofSt Paul, which he explained ia fach a manner as tomake them contain a newfyftem of Manicheifm. Heentirely difcarded all the writings of his predeceflbrs;2 fouth winds blow, which they call vendavales, bring-ing fuch rains and itorms, that the fields are all over-flowed, and they are forced to have little boats to gofrom one place to another. From October till themiddle of December, the north wind prevails; andfrom that time till May, the eaft and fouth-eaft; whichwinds are there called breezes. Thus there are twofeafons in thofe feas, by the Portuguefe called mon-zeensi whence our word monfions, that is, the breezes half Plate CCLXXIX. /ff/r/////. QAfi ^-^/ru&fr&/t/////7
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