The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... called Le Plateau , at Libreville , was founded in 1845 , and gradually acquired consider- able importance . In 1867 the troops numbered about 1000 , and the civil population about 5000 , while the official reports about the same date ...
... called Le Plateau , at Libreville , was founded in 1845 , and gradually acquired consider- able importance . In 1867 the troops numbered about 1000 , and the civil population about 5000 , while the official reports about the same date ...
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... called by Linnæus Anas strepera , but considered by many modern ornithologists to require removal from the genus Anas to that of Chaulelasmus or Ctenorhynchus , of either of which it is not only the typical but the sole species . Its ...
... called by Linnæus Anas strepera , but considered by many modern ornithologists to require removal from the genus Anas to that of Chaulelasmus or Ctenorhynchus , of either of which it is not only the typical but the sole species . Its ...
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... called Strathclyde , with their separate government and laws , and the Gael at least occupying the Dalriadic kingdom of Argyll . The people called by the Romans Picts occupied the north and east of Scotland . That these were the same ...
... called Strathclyde , with their separate government and laws , and the Gael at least occupying the Dalriadic kingdom of Argyll . The people called by the Romans Picts occupied the north and east of Scotland . That these were the same ...
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... called daoine sithe , or the men of the hillocks . Sith , peace , has no part in forming the designation , although often said to have . These beings were the very opposite of peaceful in the popular belief . It is impossible here to ...
... called daoine sithe , or the men of the hillocks . Sith , peace , has no part in forming the designation , although often said to have . These beings were the very opposite of peaceful in the popular belief . It is impossible here to ...
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... called within the monastery of what had been given . The Book " John Knox's Liturgy " into Gaelic , by John Carswell , the of Deer is a work of much interest to the Gaelic scholar , bishop of the Isles . This is the first Gaelic book ...
... called within the monastery of what had been given . The Book " John Knox's Liturgy " into Gaelic , by John Carswell , the of Deer is a work of much interest to the Gaelic scholar , bishop of the Isles . This is the first Gaelic book ...
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