The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 11. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... English plenipotentiary , Sir H. Pottinger , to dictate peace on his own terms , and on terms of perfect cquality with the emperor . After the conclusion of the treaty of Nanking in August 1842 the British forces were withdrawn ; and ...
... English plenipotentiary , Sir H. Pottinger , to dictate peace on his own terms , and on terms of perfect cquality with the emperor . After the conclusion of the treaty of Nanking in August 1842 the British forces were withdrawn ; and ...
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... English Royal Society . GOUR . See GAUR . GOURD , a name given to various plants of the order Cucurbitaceae , but ... English and American gardeners appear to belong to this species , or to hybrids between it and another valuable member ...
... English Royal Society . GOUR . See GAUR . GOURD , a name given to various plants of the order Cucurbitaceae , but ... English and American gardeners appear to belong to this species , or to hybrids between it and another valuable member ...
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... English constitution , the most striking features were the power of the witan , and the common property of the nation in a large portion of the soil . The steady development of the power of the king kept pace with the aggregation of the ...
... English constitution , the most striking features were the power of the witan , and the common property of the nation in a large portion of the soil . The steady development of the power of the king kept pace with the aggregation of the ...
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... English system , has been the most widely inner council of the empire , the arbiter of national policy , imitated . In most European countries , in the English foreign or domestic , the sovereign in commission . colonies , in the United ...
... English system , has been the most widely inner council of the empire , the arbiter of national policy , imitated . In most European countries , in the English foreign or domestic , the sovereign in commission . colonies , in the United ...
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... English custom makes the ministry dependent on the will of the House of Commons ; and , on the other hand , the ... English practice . The Swiss republic is so peculiarly situated that it is hardly fair to compare it with any other . But ...
... English custom makes the ministry dependent on the will of the House of Commons ; and , on the other hand , the ... English practice . The Swiss republic is so peculiarly situated that it is hardly fair to compare it with any other . But ...
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