The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... considerable social influence , and maintain a secret society of their own . The men are excellent makers of canoes , and , considerable size after the European model . From childhood both within the present generation , they have ...
... considerable social influence , and maintain a secret society of their own . The men are excellent makers of canoes , and , considerable size after the European model . From childhood both within the present generation , they have ...
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... considerable confidence , be ascribed to Gaddi . Some other extant mosaics are attributed to him , but with- out full authentication . This artist laid the foundation of a very large fortune , which continued increasing , and placed his ...
... considerable confidence , be ascribed to Gaddi . Some other extant mosaics are attributed to him , but with- out full authentication . This artist laid the foundation of a very large fortune , which continued increasing , and placed his ...
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... considerable progress has been made in the discovery of truth , which all parties are prepared to acknowledge . It has been established that poems ascribed to Ossian have been known and written down in the Highlands for 300 years , that ...
... considerable progress has been made in the discovery of truth , which all parties are prepared to acknowledge . It has been established that poems ascribed to Ossian have been known and written down in the Highlands for 300 years , that ...
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... considerable increase of its population and power resulted from the destruction of the neighbouring town of Formiæ by the Arabs , in 850. In the 9th century Pope John VIII . bestowed the fief on Pandolf , count of Capua ; but in 877 ...
... considerable increase of its population and power resulted from the destruction of the neighbouring town of Formiæ by the Arabs , in 850. In the 9th century Pope John VIII . bestowed the fief on Pandolf , count of Capua ; but in 877 ...
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... considerable ing the churches , they " passed through Phrygia and the height or importance . The lofty range of the Ala - dagh region of Galatia ( Tv Talarınν xúpav ) , being forbidden . ( 6000-7000 feet ) , though frequently termed the ...
... considerable ing the churches , they " passed through Phrygia and the height or importance . The lofty range of the Ala - dagh region of Galatia ( Tv Talarınν xúpav ) , being forbidden . ( 6000-7000 feet ) , though frequently termed the ...
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