The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... kind of hawks be all ( for the most part ) taken out of the nest while verie young , even in the downe , from whence they are put into a close house , whereas they be alwaies fed and familiarly brought up by the man , untill they bec ...
... kind of hawks be all ( for the most part ) taken out of the nest while verie young , even in the downe , from whence they are put into a close house , whereas they be alwaies fed and familiarly brought up by the man , untill they bec ...
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... kind not related to an equal charge of the opposite kind . He also discovered the difference of the capacities of different substances for taking part in electric induction , fact which has only in recent years been admitted by con ...
... kind not related to an equal charge of the opposite kind . He also discovered the difference of the capacities of different substances for taking part in electric induction , fact which has only in recent years been admitted by con ...
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... kind of spell over the calmer spirit of the great theologian - prevailed on him to give up all thoughts of a life of quiet study , and to devote himself to the causo of the Reformation in Geneva . Leaving Geneva to the care of Calvin ...
... kind of spell over the calmer spirit of the great theologian - prevailed on him to give up all thoughts of a life of quiet study , and to devote himself to the causo of the Reformation in Geneva . Leaving Geneva to the care of Calvin ...
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... kind , which appoint definite public fasts , and make them binding at fixed seasons upon all the faithful . Brahmanism , for example , does not appear to enforce any stated fast upon the laity . Among the ancient Egyptians fasting seems ...
... kind , which appoint definite public fasts , and make them binding at fixed seasons upon all the faithful . Brahmanism , for example , does not appear to enforce any stated fast upon the laity . Among the ancient Egyptians fasting seems ...
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... kind is permitted to be taken from daybreak until the appearance of the stars at nightfall . Extending as it does over the whole " month of raging heat , " such a fast mani- festly involves considerable colf - denial ; and it is ...
... kind is permitted to be taken from daybreak until the appearance of the stars at nightfall . Extending as it does over the whole " month of raging heat , " such a fast mani- festly involves considerable colf - denial ; and it is ...
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