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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... character of Roman government . The distant citizens could not come to the voting booths ; the device of representation was not discovered ; and the comitia fell into the power of the town voters . In the last stage of the Roman ...
... character of Roman government . The distant citizens could not come to the voting booths ; the device of representation was not discovered ; and the comitia fell into the power of the town voters . In the last stage of the Roman ...
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... character of the breach of the contract of service , except in a few cases . The abolition of the laws against usury in 1857 is another instance ; the authorization of trading companies with limited liability is another . The last great ...
... character of the breach of the contract of service , except in a few cases . The abolition of the laws against usury in 1857 is another instance ; the authorization of trading companies with limited liability is another . The last great ...
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... character of the Refor- the City from the Plague of this same year , 1464 ; over the mation of the 16th century , and accordingly presented to entire choir of the church , a triple course of scenes from the the consistory at Samland a ...
... character of the Refor- the City from the Plague of this same year , 1464 ; over the mation of the 16th century , and accordingly presented to entire choir of the church , a triple course of scenes from the the consistory at Samland a ...
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... character and for the careful education given them by their widowed mother . Tiberius served as quæstor in Spain in 137 ; and the respect still entertained by the Spaniards for his father's name enabled him to save the Roman army from ...
... character and for the careful education given them by their widowed mother . Tiberius served as quæstor in Spain in 137 ; and the respect still entertained by the Spaniards for his father's name enabled him to save the Roman army from ...
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... character . The small width of some of these granitic veins , or apophyses , suggests that the rock must have existed in a condition of perfect fusion or complete liquidity , and not simply as a viscous paste , before it could have been ...
... character . The small width of some of these granitic veins , or apophyses , suggests that the rock must have existed in a condition of perfect fusion or complete liquidity , and not simply as a viscous paste , before it could have been ...
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