The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... important contribution to philology , Die melanesischen Sprachen nach ihrem grammatischen Bau und ihrer Verwandschaft unter sich und mit den malaiisch - polynesischen Sprachen untersucht ( Leipsic , 1860-73 ) . It treats of the language ...
... important contribution to philology , Die melanesischen Sprachen nach ihrem grammatischen Bau und ihrer Verwandschaft unter sich und mit den malaiisch - polynesischen Sprachen untersucht ( Leipsic , 1860-73 ) . It treats of the language ...
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... important part , and are endowed with remarkable powers . How far this mythology is original , or is borrowed from the East , is an interesting question . In some of the Western Isles , the Scandinavian god Odin enters into the popular ...
... important part , and are endowed with remarkable powers . How far this mythology is original , or is borrowed from the East , is an interesting question . In some of the Western Isles , the Scandinavian god Odin enters into the popular ...
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... important results both linguistic and historical . The field is as yet unoccupied , and affords much to encourage the judicious and painstak- ing student . Names of Persons . - The literature of the Highlands may be held further to ...
... important results both linguistic and historical . The field is as yet unoccupied , and affords much to encourage the judicious and painstak- ing student . Names of Persons . - The literature of the Highlands may be held further to ...
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... important notice of grants continue in similar form , being records kept addition in the translation of the prayer - book usually called within the monastery of what had been given . The Book " John Knox's Liturgy " into Gaelic , by ...
... important notice of grants continue in similar form , being records kept addition in the translation of the prayer - book usually called within the monastery of what had been given . The Book " John Knox's Liturgy " into Gaelic , by ...
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... important sources of Roman law . cases . Besides the Institutes , which are a complete exposition of the elements of Roman law , Gaius was the author of a treatise on the Edicts of the Magistrates , of Commentaries on the Twelve Tables ...
... important sources of Roman law . cases . Besides the Institutes , which are a complete exposition of the elements of Roman law , Gaius was the author of a treatise on the Edicts of the Magistrates , of Commentaries on the Twelve Tables ...
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