"That is, let not great examples, or authorities, browbeat they reason into too great a diffidence fo thyself: thyself so reverence, as to prefer the native growth of thy own mind to the richest import from abroad; such borrowed riches make us poor."
Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
At least 6 entries in ESTC (1771, 1773, 1775, 1778, 1790, 1797).<br>
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<u>Encyclop&aelig;dia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Compiled Upon a New Plan. ... Illustrated With One Hundred and Sixty Copperplates. By a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. In Three Volumes.</u> (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar; and sold by Colin Macfarquhar, 1771). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T145357">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature on a Plan Entirely New.</u> (Dublin: Printed by James Moore, 1790-98). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T197400">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Also <u>Encyclopædia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; ... The Third Edition, in Eighteen Volumes, Greatly Improved. Illustrated With Five Hundred and Forty-Two Copperplates.</u> (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797). [18 vols., vols. 1-12 edited by Colin Macfarquhar; vols. 13-18 by George Geig] &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N6642">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Compare the American edition (many articles revised or rewritten): <u>Encyclopaedia; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature ... Compiled from the Writings of the Best Authors, in Several Languages ... Illustrated With Five Hundred and Forty-Two Copperplates.</u> The first American edition, in eighteen volumes, greatly improved. (Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street, 1798). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/W31873">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;