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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... comparatively feeble inspiration of his own . His figures are vehement in action , long and slender in form ; his execution rapid and somewhat conventional To Taddeo are generally ascribed the celebrated frescos - those of the ceiling ...
... comparatively feeble inspiration of his own . His figures are vehement in action , long and slender in form ; his execution rapid and somewhat conventional To Taddeo are generally ascribed the celebrated frescos - those of the ceiling ...
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... comparatively little difference of plumage in Drake and Duck West Norfolk and its immediate neighbourhood , the Gadwall has now , for nearly thirty years , annually bred in constantly increasing numbers , so that it may again be ...
... comparatively little difference of plumage in Drake and Duck West Norfolk and its immediate neighbourhood , the Gadwall has now , for nearly thirty years , annually bred in constantly increasing numbers , so that it may again be ...
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... comparatively early period he had formed a generalization which he believed to be a sound one , that in the human subject at least a powerful memory is invariably associated with prominent eyes ; and further observation had enabled him ...
... comparatively early period he had formed a generalization which he believed to be a sound one , that in the human subject at least a powerful memory is invariably associated with prominent eyes ; and further observation had enabled him ...
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... comparatively recent times , though Pliny , indeed , makes the observation that a kind of gnat is produced in certain excrescences on oak leaves . Bacon describes oak - apples as " an exudation of plants joined with putrefaction Pomet ...
... comparatively recent times , though Pliny , indeed , makes the observation that a kind of gnat is produced in certain excrescences on oak leaves . Bacon describes oak - apples as " an exudation of plants joined with putrefaction Pomet ...
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... comparatively small Tyrolese stream , and at the south - eastern corner , at Peschiera , its surplus is conveyed by the Mincio to the Po . Navigation on the one hand is frequently rendered dangerous by sudden bursts of storm , while on ...
... comparatively small Tyrolese stream , and at the south - eastern corner , at Peschiera , its surplus is conveyed by the Mincio to the Po . Navigation on the one hand is frequently rendered dangerous by sudden bursts of storm , while on ...
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