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INDEX.
Page
Petrifactions . 369
varieties ..371
quality found in water to cause 384
Pyrites.367
Rhetoric. 144
antithesis. 160
apostrophe . ib.
catachresis.,. 161
characteristics. 149
climax. 160
comparison, or simile . ib.
epistolary writing. 151
ethic, or moral writing .... 152
figurative language. 153
hyperbole . 159
interrogation . 160
irony . 161
metaphor . 157
raetonomy .161
personification . 159
philosophical writing. 151
poetry. 155
sublimity. 148
synedoche . 161
vision. 160
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Sculpture. 251
Sealing-wax, invention of.185
method of making.. 191
Seals, invention of. 185
of Moushey Ali. 189
improvements. 187
Sepulchres. 127
Serpentine. 324
Slate, or sebistus. 322
Spinning, invention of. 60
improvements in. 62
Statuary . 251
progressive improvements ... 252
Strata . 320
Sulphuret of metals. 324
Trap, or toad-stone.322
Watches, invention of . 282
improvements in.284
Water, petrifying quality of ..., 384
clocks. 752
Wax, sealing. 185
improvements in. 62
Writing. 178
alphabetical. 179
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