The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... present position in the government of Pultowa . 1 GADWALL , a word of obscure origin , the common English name of the Duck , called by Linnæus Anas strepera , but considered by many modern ornithologists to require removal from the ...
... present position in the government of Pultowa . 1 GADWALL , a word of obscure origin , the common English name of the Duck , called by Linnæus Anas strepera , but considered by many modern ornithologists to require removal from the ...
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... present Scottish Highlanders , and the Gaelic language has come down from them to us , influenced as to structure by the dialect spoken and written by the victors . The Gaelic language , as now in use in Scotland , resembles closely in ...
... present Scottish Highlanders , and the Gaelic language has come down from them to us , influenced as to structure by the dialect spoken and written by the victors . The Gaelic language , as now in use in Scotland , resembles closely in ...
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... present day . Adamnan , in his life of Columba , refers to the magi who were in the palace of the Pictish king whom the missionary sought to convert . Who these were , and what was their creed , is not clearly stated , but all we read ...
... present day . Adamnan , in his life of Columba , refers to the magi who were in the palace of the Pictish king whom the missionary sought to convert . Who these were , and what was their creed , is not clearly stated , but all we read ...
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... present at the battle of Olias near Toledo , where he received a wound in the face . He afterwards served in the GARÇAO , PEDRO ANTONIO CORREA ( 1724-1772 ) , north of Italy , and gained great distinction by his bravery , Portuguese ...
... present at the battle of Olias near Toledo , where he received a wound in the face . He afterwards served in the GARÇAO , PEDRO ANTONIO CORREA ( 1724-1772 ) , north of Italy , and gained great distinction by his bravery , Portuguese ...
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... present are in most general use , wear out quickly ; they very frequently crack so seriously on the first application of heat that they must be removed from the bench before being used at all , and in scarcely any case are they in ...
... present are in most general use , wear out quickly ; they very frequently crack so seriously on the first application of heat that they must be removed from the bench before being used at all , and in scarcely any case are they in ...
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