The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... called forth , not even our grand national sport of fox - hunting . Stringent laws and enactments , notably in the reigns of William the Conqueror , Edward III . , Henry VIII . , and Elizabeth , were passed from time to time in its ...
... called forth , not even our grand national sport of fox - hunting . Stringent laws and enactments , notably in the reigns of William the Conqueror , Edward III . , Henry VIII . , and Elizabeth , were passed from time to time in its ...
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... called " coping . " Crabbing - Hawks are said to " crab " when they scize one another fighting . Creance . - A long line or string . Leash . - A strong leathern thong , some 21 or 3 feet long , with a knot or button at one end . See 7 ...
... called " coping . " Crabbing - Hawks are said to " crab " when they scize one another fighting . Creance . - A long line or string . Leash . - A strong leathern thong , some 21 or 3 feet long , with a knot or button at one end . See 7 ...
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... called them the Sebald Islands , a name which they still bear on some of the Dutch maps . Captain Strong sailed through between the two principal islands in 1690 , and called the passage Falkland Sound , and from this the group ...
... called them the Sebald Islands , a name which they still bear on some of the Dutch maps . Captain Strong sailed through between the two principal islands in 1690 , and called the passage Falkland Sound , and from this the group ...
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... called " classificatory , " is retained . Grand - uncles , in this episode of the Mahabharata , as among the Red Indians , are called grandfathers , and uncles fathers . If , then , the Aryan race was not originally organized like the ...
... called " classificatory , " is retained . Grand - uncles , in this episode of the Mahabharata , as among the Red Indians , are called grandfathers , and uncles fathers . If , then , the Aryan race was not originally organized like the ...
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... called Aryan , with many frag- ments of their customs , testify to a similar state of things in the past experiences of nations now organized on the basis of the family . We must now ask- ( 1 ) Of what nature are the wider tribal ...
... called Aryan , with many frag- ments of their customs , testify to a similar state of things in the past experiences of nations now organized on the basis of the family . We must now ask- ( 1 ) Of what nature are the wider tribal ...
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