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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... important contribution to philology , Die melanesischen Sprachen nach ihrem grammatischen Bau und ihrer Verwandschaft unter sich und mit den malaiisch - polynesischen Sprachen untersucht ( Leipsic , 1860-73 ) . It treats of the language ...
... important contribution to philology , Die melanesischen Sprachen nach ihrem grammatischen Bau und ihrer Verwandschaft unter sich und mit den malaiisch - polynesischen Sprachen untersucht ( Leipsic , 1860-73 ) . It treats of the language ...
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... important results both linguistic and historical . The field is as yet unoccupied , and affords much to encourage the judicious and painstak ing student . Names of Persons . - The literature of the Highlands may be held further to ...
... important results both linguistic and historical . The field is as yet unoccupied , and affords much to encourage the judicious and painstak ing student . Names of Persons . - The literature of the Highlands may be held further to ...
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... important MSS . , as the Duan Albanach , or poetical accounts of the Scottish kings , recited by the royal bard at the coronation of Malcolm Kenmore . This was copied from an Irish MS . , but is manifestly a Scottish composition . The ...
... important MSS . , as the Duan Albanach , or poetical accounts of the Scottish kings , recited by the royal bard at the coronation of Malcolm Kenmore . This was copied from an Irish MS . , but is manifestly a Scottish composition . The ...
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... important sources of Roman law . Besides the Institutes , which are a complete exposition of the elements of Roman law , Gaius was the author of a treatise on the Edicts of the Magistrates , of Commentaries on the Twelve Tables , and on ...
... important sources of Roman law . Besides the Institutes , which are a complete exposition of the elements of Roman law , Gaius was the author of a treatise on the Edicts of the Magistrates , of Commentaries on the Twelve Tables , and on ...
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... important church in Holborn . Gale succeeded Rowe in 1677 , and died in the following year . His principal work , The Court of the Gentiles , which appeared in parts in 1669 , 1671 , and 1676 , is a strange storehouse of miscellaneous ...
... important church in Holborn . Gale succeeded Rowe in 1677 , and died in the following year . His principal work , The Court of the Gentiles , which appeared in parts in 1669 , 1671 , and 1676 , is a strange storehouse of miscellaneous ...
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