The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... common English name of the Duck , 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 ...
... common English name of the Duck , 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 ...
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... common speech , and another used by their scholars , the former varying according to locality , and the latter being identical through- out . Some of the features that distinguish the Gaelic language , partly in common with the other ...
... common speech , and another used by their scholars , the former varying according to locality , and the latter being identical through- out . Some of the features that distinguish the Gaelic language , partly in common with the other ...
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... common with Sanskrit , Latin , German , and Slavonian , retains the sibilant s , where other dialects have discarded it . Many words beginning in Gaelic with s have has the initial letter in Welsh . It is worthy of observation , however ...
... common with Sanskrit , Latin , German , and Slavonian , retains the sibilant s , where other dialects have discarded it . Many words beginning in Gaelic with s have has the initial letter in Welsh . It is worthy of observation , however ...
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... common belief in the Highlands regarding fairies , but there is a great deal of popular literature taken up with descriptions of it , and with stories regarding these mis- chievous and meddling beings . They were fond of carrying away ...
... common belief in the Highlands regarding fairies , but there is a great deal of popular literature taken up with descriptions of it , and with stories regarding these mis- chievous and meddling beings . They were fond of carrying away ...
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... common slave severed the bald head from the body , and thrusting it inside his toga presented the bloody offering to Otho . Thus perished , unwept and unpitied , a man who , had he died a proconsul instead of an emperor , would have ...
... common slave severed the bald head from the body , and thrusting it inside his toga presented the bloody offering to Otho . Thus perished , unwept and unpitied , a man who , had he died a proconsul instead of an emperor , would have ...
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