The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... period of Rome Gabii maintained its ground , and it only fell into the hands , of Tarquin the Proud through a stratagem contrived by his son Sextus , who was afterwards slain by the inhabitants , when , on the expulsion of his family ...
... period of Rome Gabii maintained its ground , and it only fell into the hands , of Tarquin the Proud through a stratagem contrived by his son Sextus , who was afterwards slain by the inhabitants , when , on the expulsion of his family ...
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... period . Thus , 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 ...
... period . Thus , 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 ...
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... period when the Gaelic kingdom of Scotland ceased to exist . It has been already said to date from the era of charters . But the two eras are pretty nearly identical . Down to the reign of Malcolm III . the Gaelic kingdom appears to ...
... period when the Gaelic kingdom of Scotland ceased to exist . It has been already said to date from the era of charters . But the two eras are pretty nearly identical . Down to the reign of Malcolm III . the Gaelic kingdom appears to ...
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... period of the dean of Lismore of 1512 , there was much in interesting : -Donchad mac mec bead mec hided dorat achad common between the Celtic scholars and bards of Ireland madchor docrist acus drostan acusdocholuimcille insóre gobrád ...
... period of the dean of Lismore of 1512 , there was much in interesting : -Donchad mac mec bead mec hided dorat achad common between the Celtic scholars and bards of Ireland madchor docrist acus drostan acusdocholuimcille insóre gobrád ...
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... period of the second missionary journey . Apart from the considerations which have been indicated in a preceding note , this view is open to the objection that it raises new and gratuitous difficulties in connexion with the history and ...
... period of the second missionary journey . Apart from the considerations which have been indicated in a preceding note , this view is open to the objection that it raises new and gratuitous difficulties in connexion with the history and ...
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