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    Britannica 1768

    Turky in Europe, comprehends Romania, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia, Ragusa, Wallachia, Moldavia, Bessarabia, Budzjac, Crim, and little Tartary, with Albania, Epirus, Macedonia, Thessaly, and all the ancient Greece, with its numerous islands.

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    PARAMECIA, in natural history, a name given to such animalcules as have no visible limbs and tails, and are of an irregularly oblong figure.

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      PARASELENE, a mock moon, a meteor, or phenomenon, encompassing, or adjacent to, the moon, in the form of a luminous ring, wherein are sometimes observed one, sometimes two, apparent images of the moon.

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        #4
        Huh?

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          #5
          Verily, it describeth the mondial peregrinations of the eighteenth-century, as transcribed by the original editors of the august reference book.

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            Physicians prescribe seltzer water in many cases, as scurvies, spasmodic affections, and in consumptions; in the last case, mixing it with asses milk.

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              #7
              Are we gonnae get the whole shebang Diable? It’ll be like TOTP on BBC4. Do a letter a month. Can’t wait for v.

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                #8
                There's a Twitter account for this.

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                  #9
                  There was me thinking Diable was leafing through some dusty tome.

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                    #10
                    I had a brief spell selling EB in the early 80s- in magherafelt the town that makes Roston Vasey look like Beverley Hills

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                      #11
                      We had the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica It was wonderful. Leather bindings. Onion skin paper. And being able to hold what seemed like the whole world in your hands.

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                        #12
                        Hmmm, there might be a copy of that one back in the family home; if not that one, then the next edition. I'll check at Christmas.

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                          #13
                          As a boy I was given my Mum's (b. 1930) childhood encyclopaedia / knowledge book set. From memory there were about eight of them, big, heavy and dull dark blue. One was heavily marked on its covers after being top of the pile in a house fire. I learned all about The Great War, the Empire, primitive peoples and many other important facts.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View Post
                            Hmmm, there might be a copy of that one back in the family home; if not that one, then the next edition. I'll check at Christmas.
                            It's the fourteenth edition. I wonder what it's worth.

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                              #15
                              Not a great deal

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                                #16
                                Oh well. Where would be a good home for it?

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                                  #17
                                  You might find a school or library who would take it.

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