The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... body being elongated . Its country is shown by its name , but it also inhabits South Greenland , and not unfrequently makes its way to the British Islands . Very close to this comes the Greenland Falcon ( F. candicans ) , a native of ...
... body being elongated . Its country is shown by its name , but it also inhabits South Greenland , and not unfrequently makes its way to the British Islands . Very close to this comes the Greenland Falcon ( F. candicans ) , a native of ...
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... body for a determined period . So it is defined by the Church of England , in the 16th homily , on the authority of the Council of Chalcedon1 and of the primitive church generally . In a looser sense the word is employed to denote ...
... body for a determined period . So it is defined by the Church of England , in the 16th homily , on the authority of the Council of Chalcedon1 and of the primitive church generally . In a looser sense the word is employed to denote ...
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... body are jet black ; while the rump and wing feathers of the female are white tinged with a dusky grey , the general body colour being the latter bue . The feathers of the male are consequently much more valuable then those of the ...
... body are jet black ; while the rump and wing feathers of the female are white tinged with a dusky grey , the general body colour being the latter bue . The feathers of the male are consequently much more valuable then those of the ...
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... body has power to legislate for the whole empire in reference to all matters connected with the army , navy , postal service , customs , coinage , & c . , all political laws affecting citizens , and all general questions of commerce ...
... body has power to legislate for the whole empire in reference to all matters connected with the army , navy , postal service , customs , coinage , & c . , all political laws affecting citizens , and all general questions of commerce ...
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... body . " This was abolished by 4 , Geo . IV . c . 52 , which ordered the burial of the body of a person found to be felo de se within 24 hours after the coroner's inquest , between the hours of 9 and 12 at night , and without Christian ...
... body . " This was abolished by 4 , Geo . IV . c . 52 , which ordered the burial of the body of a person found to be felo de se within 24 hours after the coroner's inquest , between the hours of 9 and 12 at night , and without Christian ...
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