The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... chief support in this line of action from the Prussian " Junkerthum , " or squirearchy . In external politics the chief feature of the reign is Prussia's neglect of the opportunity to take up a strong position as the political and ...
... chief support in this line of action from the Prussian " Junkerthum , " or squirearchy . In external politics the chief feature of the reign is Prussia's neglect of the opportunity to take up a strong position as the political and ...
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... chief hives of industry on the Continent . The principal manufactured products are woollen , linen , cotton , silk , and iron goods . The metallic industries , as might be expected , flourish chiefly in the neighbourhood of the coal ...
... chief hives of industry on the Continent . The principal manufactured products are woollen , linen , cotton , silk , and iron goods . The metallic industries , as might be expected , flourish chiefly in the neighbourhood of the coal ...
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... chief provincial organ of local government . The regierungsbezirk is solely a Government division and is only indirectly represented in the scheme of local administration . The Government authorities are the Regierungs - Präsident , who ...
... chief provincial organ of local government . The regierungsbezirk is solely a Government division and is only indirectly represented in the scheme of local administration . The Government authorities are the Regierungs - Präsident , who ...
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... chief centres , Aix - la - Chapelle and small independent lordships , knightships , and abbeys . It is there- Düsseldorf ( with the valley of the Wupper ) , while there are fore manifestly impracticable to give more than a broad general ...
... chief centres , Aix - la - Chapelle and small independent lordships , knightships , and abbeys . It is there- Düsseldorf ( with the valley of the Wupper ) , while there are fore manifestly impracticable to give more than a broad general ...
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... chief of the singers of his time ( Neh . xii . 46 ) , or one of the three chief singers belonging to the three great Levitical houses ( 1 Chron . xxv . 1 sq . ) . But the older history knows nothing of an individual Asaph ; at the time ...
... chief of the singers of his time ( Neh . xii . 46 ) , or one of the three chief singers belonging to the three great Levitical houses ( 1 Chron . xxv . 1 sq . ) . But the older history knows nothing of an individual Asaph ; at the time ...
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