The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 13. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1857 |
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... Mountains . As soon as he was able to read , he perused with avidity the pages of Rollin's History of Rome , and was to be found in the fields fighting over again the great battles of antiquity , by means of opposing rows of stones ...
... Mountains . As soon as he was able to read , he perused with avidity the pages of Rollin's History of Rome , and was to be found in the fields fighting over again the great battles of antiquity , by means of opposing rows of stones ...
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... Mountains , it enters the plains of Hindustan in Lat . 30. 20. , Long . 77. 38. After emerging from the mountains , it throws off the Delhi and Dooab Canals , the former issuing from its right , and the latter from its left bank . It ...
... Mountains , it enters the plains of Hindustan in Lat . 30. 20. , Long . 77. 38. After emerging from the mountains , it throws off the Delhi and Dooab Canals , the former issuing from its right , and the latter from its left bank . It ...
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... Mountains . mountain range enters the department from Switzerland , and runs in a southerly direction , attaining at some places an ele- vation of 4000 to 6000 feet . The eastern portion of Jura is the most elevated , the western for a ...
... Mountains . mountain range enters the department from Switzerland , and runs in a southerly direction , attaining at some places an ele- vation of 4000 to 6000 feet . The eastern portion of Jura is the most elevated , the western for a ...
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... mountains rear their rugged and scarped sides , inter- sected by deep ravines , which form the beds of mountain torrents . The latter description particularly applies to the Amatola Mountains in British Kafraria , which have formed the ...
... mountains rear their rugged and scarped sides , inter- sected by deep ravines , which form the beds of mountain torrents . The latter description particularly applies to the Amatola Mountains in British Kafraria , which have formed the ...
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... Mountains were stormed and taken pos- session of by a burgher force under Sir Andries Stocken- strom , who afterwards defeated the Tambookies under Mapassa . The Gaikas again occupied the Amatolas , but at length Macomo surrendered ...
... Mountains were stormed and taken pos- session of by a burgher force under Sir Andries Stocken- strom , who afterwards defeated the Tambookies under Mapassa . The Gaikas again occupied the Amatolas , but at length Macomo surrendered ...
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