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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... whole body red or yellow . The tribe has come very little into contact with Europeans , but it is moving towards the coast , and will probably before long be the dominant race in the Gaboon . GABOON RIVER , or RIO DE GABAO , called Olo ...
... whole body red or yellow . The tribe has come very little into contact with Europeans , but it is moving towards the coast , and will probably before long be the dominant race in the Gaboon . GABOON RIVER , or RIO DE GABAO , called Olo ...
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... whole surface of Scotland , although not in equal proportions . These names contain a history , could it be evolved . They speak of races distinct and successive , although their testimony as to dates is difficult to read . The county ...
... whole surface of Scotland , although not in equal proportions . These names contain a history , could it be evolved . They speak of races distinct and successive , although their testimony as to dates is difficult to read . The county ...
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... whole character of this MS . is identical with that of the Irish MSS . , and yet it is mani festly a Scottish work . There are lives of saints preserved ; one of these , in the Advocates ' Library , is the life of St Findchua . Mr Skene ...
... whole character of this MS . is identical with that of the Irish MSS . , and yet it is mani festly a Scottish work . There are lives of saints preserved ; one of these , in the Advocates ' Library , is the life of St Findchua . Mr Skene ...
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... whole region being an elevated plateau or table - land , no part of which is less than 2000 feet above the sea , while the greater part exceeds 3000 feet in elevation . The southern portion , towards Lycaonia , is the most level , and ...
... whole region being an elevated plateau or table - land , no part of which is less than 2000 feet above the sea , while the greater part exceeds 3000 feet in elevation . The southern portion , towards Lycaonia , is the most level , and ...
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... whole a pleasant one ; the apostle was still received with due respect ( iv . 12 , 18 ) , and may well have left Galatia with the impression that the disciples had been " strengthened " by him , and that they " were running well " ( v ...
... whole a pleasant one ; the apostle was still received with due respect ( iv . 12 , 18 ) , and may well have left Galatia with the impression that the disciples had been " strengthened " by him , and that they " were running well " ( v ...
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