The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... remains are found in the collections in Trinity College , Dublin , and in the library of the Irish Royal Academy ; but there are numerous remains in the Edinburgh Advocates ' Library , which prove at least that there were in Scotland ...
... remains are found in the collections in Trinity College , Dublin , and in the library of the Irish Royal Academy ; but there are numerous remains in the Edinburgh Advocates ' Library , which prove at least that there were in Scotland ...
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... remains exist . Calvin's Catechism was published about the beginning of the century , probably translated by Carswell , and published long after his death . A copy is now hardly to be found . But two important contributions were made ...
... remains exist . Calvin's Catechism was published about the beginning of the century , probably translated by Carswell , and published long after his death . A copy is now hardly to be found . But two important contributions were made ...
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... remains of Gaelic literature . It may interest readers and aid students of Gaelic to furnish here a list of some of the more important printed books in the language . They are as follows : - Fragments in Report of Highland Society on ...
... remains of Gaelic literature . It may interest readers and aid students of Gaelic to furnish here a list of some of the more important printed books in the language . They are as follows : - Fragments in Report of Highland Society on ...
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... remains of Byzantine monasteries and fine villages , where fine olive groves exist . The principal places churches of the time of the crusades . There are also re- of importance in Lower Galilee are Nazareth ( 10,000 mains of Greek ...
... remains of Byzantine monasteries and fine villages , where fine olive groves exist . The principal places churches of the time of the crusades . There are also re- of importance in Lower Galilee are Nazareth ( 10,000 mains of Greek ...
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... remains of a synagogue of richly ornamental style built of black basalt . A small spring occurs on the north . Tell Hûm is an important ruin on the shore south of the last mentioned site . The remains consist of foundations and ...
... remains of a synagogue of richly ornamental style built of black basalt . A small spring occurs on the north . Tell Hûm is an important ruin on the shore south of the last mentioned site . The remains consist of foundations and ...
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