The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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Page 60
... imitation butterflies , & c . Miscellaneous Applications of Feathers . - Quills of various sizes are extensively employed as holders for the sable and camel hair brushes used by artists , & c . Feather brushes and dusters are made from ...
... imitation butterflies , & c . Miscellaneous Applications of Feathers . - Quills of various sizes are extensively employed as holders for the sable and camel hair brushes used by artists , & c . Feather brushes and dusters are made from ...
Page 64
... imitate Goethe , Wieland , and Novalis . It must be recollected , however , that these men were his immediate contemporaries , and that he showed great alacrity and acumen in perceiving the modern direction of their genius . Sec Wigand ...
... imitate Goethe , Wieland , and Novalis . It must be recollected , however , that these men were his immediate contemporaries , and that he showed great alacrity and acumen in perceiving the modern direction of their genius . Sec Wigand ...
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... imitating it so far as to assign constant military duty to certain clans . One of the glosses on the word Fianna explains it as fineadha , because it was in Fines , septs , they were formed . The Leinster and Meath Fenians , consisting ...
... imitating it so far as to assign constant military duty to certain clans . One of the glosses on the word Fianna explains it as fineadha , because it was in Fines , septs , they were formed . The Leinster and Meath Fenians , consisting ...
Page 125
... imitations possess the peculiar and distinctive excellencies of the French supplement . FEVER ( from ferveo , to burn ) . This term , which may be defined as a condition of the body characterized by an increase in temperature , is used ...
... imitations possess the peculiar and distinctive excellencies of the French supplement . FEVER ( from ferveo , to burn ) . This term , which may be defined as a condition of the body characterized by an increase in temperature , is used ...
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... imitation , however grotesque , of Greck or Roman institutions . In order to found his new Academy upon a firm basis Cosimo resolved , not only to assemble men of letters for the purpose of Platonic disputation at certain regular ...
... imitation , however grotesque , of Greck or Roman institutions . In order to found his new Academy upon a firm basis Cosimo resolved , not only to assemble men of letters for the purpose of Platonic disputation at certain regular ...
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