The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... called Olo ' Mpongwe by the Mpongwe natives , and Aboka by the Fan , is , in reality , not a river but an estuary on the west coast of Africa . It lies immediately north of the equator , disem - poisoned darts 40 or 50 yards . Tattooing ...
... called Olo ' Mpongwe by the Mpongwe natives , and Aboka by the Fan , is , in reality , not a river but an estuary on the west coast of Africa . It lies immediately north of the equator , disem - poisoned darts 40 or 50 yards . Tattooing ...
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... called by Linnæus Anas strepera , but considered by many modern.ornithologists to require removal from the genus Anas to that of Chaulelasmus or Ctenorhynchus , of either of which it is not only the typical but the sole species . Its ...
... called by Linnæus Anas strepera , but considered by many modern.ornithologists to require removal from the genus Anas to that of Chaulelasmus or Ctenorhynchus , of either of which it is not only the typical but the sole species . Its ...
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... called Strathclyde , with their separate government and laws , and the Gael at least occupying the Dalriadic kingdom of Argyll . The people called by the Romans Picts occupied the north and east of Scotland . That these were the same ...
... called Strathclyde , with their separate government and laws , and the Gael at least occupying the Dalriadic kingdom of Argyll . The people called by the Romans Picts occupied the north and east of Scotland . That these were the same ...
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... called " The Dean of Lismore's book , The first of these was what is poetical pieces , and an obituary , chiefly of the M'Gregor a collection of chiefs , made about the year 1512. The work has recently been transcribed , translated ...
... called " The Dean of Lismore's book , The first of these was what is poetical pieces , and an obituary , chiefly of the M'Gregor a collection of chiefs , made about the year 1512. The work has recently been transcribed , translated ...
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... called Galatæ . The region properly called by their name , bounded on the S. by the Douro and on the E. by the Navia , was while on the west and north the line ran from Carmel to first entered by the Roman legions under Decius Junius ...
... called Galatæ . The region properly called by their name , bounded on the S. by the Douro and on the E. by the Navia , was while on the west and north the line ran from Carmel to first entered by the Roman legions under Decius Junius ...
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