The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... according to the Chaldee para- phrase of Pseudo - Jonathan , the man who showed the way to Joseph ( Gen. xxxvii . 15 ) was no other than Gabriel in human form ; and in Deut . xxxiv . 6 it is affirmed that he , along with Michael , Uriel ...
... according to the Chaldee para- phrase of Pseudo - Jonathan , the man who showed the way to Joseph ( Gen. xxxvii . 15 ) was no other than Gabriel in human form ; and in Deut . xxxiv . 6 it is affirmed that he , along with Michael , Uriel ...
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... According to Josephus , Gadara was a Greek city , and it appears at least not improbable that it was a foreign settlement . The name does not occur in the Scriptures ; but in the New Testament , the phrase " the country of the Gadarenes ...
... According to Josephus , Gadara was a Greek city , and it appears at least not improbable that it was a foreign settlement . The name does not occur in the Scriptures ; but in the New Testament , the phrase " the country of the Gadarenes ...
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... according to Ibn Said , occupied the maritime portion of the great desert , and are referred to by other Arabian geographers as the Djoddala ; and it is even possible , he thinks , that their name survives in that of the Ghedala between ...
... according to Ibn Said , occupied the maritime portion of the great desert , and are referred to by other Arabian geographers as the Djoddala ; and it is even possible , he thinks , that their name survives in that of the Ghedala between ...
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... According to the returns of 1871 , the total population of the munici- pality was 47,059 , distributed in 8979 families , occupying 7496 houses , and consisting of 24,294 males and 22,765 females . It Galle , according to Sir J. E. ...
... According to the returns of 1871 , the total population of the munici- pality was 47,059 , distributed in 8979 families , occupying 7496 houses , and consisting of 24,294 males and 22,765 females . It Galle , according to Sir J. E. ...
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... according to Dionysius , by a Spartan named Leucippus and a number of the citizens of Tarentum . GALLOWAY , THOMAS ( 1796-1851 ) , a Scottish mathe- matician , was born at Symington , in the upper ward of Lanarkshire , 26th February ...
... according to Dionysius , by a Spartan named Leucippus and a number of the citizens of Tarentum . GALLOWAY , THOMAS ( 1796-1851 ) , a Scottish mathe- matician , was born at Symington , in the upper ward of Lanarkshire , 26th February ...
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