The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... French , AUGUSTIN FILON . DRAUGHTS . J. M. M. DALLAS , late Secretary of the Edinburgh Draughts Club , and RICHARD JORDAN , Draughts Champion of the World . DREDGING . WALTER HUNTER , M. Inst . C.E. DUBLIN . W. HALDANE PORTER . DU BOIS ...
... French , AUGUSTIN FILON . DRAUGHTS . J. M. M. DALLAS , late Secretary of the Edinburgh Draughts Club , and RICHARD JORDAN , Draughts Champion of the World . DREDGING . WALTER HUNTER , M. Inst . C.E. DUBLIN . W. HALDANE PORTER . DU BOIS ...
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... French domination by inducing the Pope to send a special legate to Peking as controller of Roman Catholic missions . The Vatican was disposed to consent ; but the French Government made such strenuous opposition , threatening to ...
... French domination by inducing the Pope to send a special legate to Peking as controller of Roman Catholic missions . The Vatican was disposed to consent ; but the French Government made such strenuous opposition , threatening to ...
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... French troops proceeded to occupy Langson on the date fixed ( 21st June 1884 ) . The Chinese commandant refused to evacuate , alleging , in a despatch which no one in the French camp was competent to translate , that he had received no ...
... French troops proceeded to occupy Langson on the date fixed ( 21st June 1884 ) . The Chinese commandant refused to evacuate , alleging , in a despatch which no one in the French camp was competent to translate , that he had received no ...
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... French and British interests in this remote and difficult region . This object was frustrated by the convention between France and China of 1895. Yielding to French pressure , and regardless of the undertaking she had entered into with ...
... French and British interests in this remote and difficult region . This object was frustrated by the convention between France and China of 1895. Yielding to French pressure , and regardless of the undertaking she had entered into with ...
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... French , German , Japanese , and Russian gunboats bombarded the forts , which were captured by landing parties early on the 17th . The situation at Tientsin , nevertheless , continued precarious , and it was not till the arrival of ...
... French , German , Japanese , and Russian gunboats bombarded the forts , which were captured by landing parties early on the 17th . The situation at Tientsin , nevertheless , continued precarious , and it was not till the arrival of ...
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