The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... passed . For the most important historical records that have come to us in recent decades we have to thank the Orientalist , though the classical explorer has been by no means idle . It is the purpose of the present essay to point out ...
... passed . For the most important historical records that have come to us in recent decades we have to thank the Orientalist , though the classical explorer has been by no means idle . It is the purpose of the present essay to point out ...
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... passed over all Christendom . It is not too much , then , to say that failure to find such a monument has caused deep disappointment to Bible scholars everywhere . It does not follow that faith in the Bible record is shaken , although ...
... passed over all Christendom . It is not too much , then , to say that failure to find such a monument has caused deep disappointment to Bible scholars everywhere . It does not follow that faith in the Bible record is shaken , although ...
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... passed to prevent cruelty to children , which was super- seded in 1894 by the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act , which now regulates the matter and specifically deals with the offence of " cruelty " to children . This offence can ...
... passed to prevent cruelty to children , which was super- seded in 1894 by the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act , which now regulates the matter and specifically deals with the offence of " cruelty " to children . This offence can ...
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... passed a vote of censure ; but Erraz- uriz had been in ill - health for more than a year , and on 1st May he resigned , and died in July . At the ensuing election Riesco was elected President . The attitude of Chile towards the Pan ...
... passed a vote of censure ; but Erraz- uriz had been in ill - health for more than a year , and on 1st May he resigned , and died in July . At the ensuing election Riesco was elected President . The attitude of Chile towards the Pan ...
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... passed without any improvement , France , which meanwhile had kept a small guard at Haiphong , sent reinforcements ( 1882 ) , nominally to assist the Annamese troops in putting an end to disorder . The Annamese officials , however ...
... passed without any improvement , France , which meanwhile had kept a small guard at Haiphong , sent reinforcements ( 1882 ) , nominally to assist the Annamese troops in putting an end to disorder . The Annamese officials , however ...
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