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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... possession of some kinds at a date so early that it is difficult to believe they had received them from the settlers . Dr Asa Gray has even suggested that some of these esculent forms may possibly have been indigenous to the American ...
... possession of some kinds at a date so early that it is difficult to believe they had received them from the settlers . Dr Asa Gray has even suggested that some of these esculent forms may possibly have been indigenous to the American ...
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... possession of the powers of government . It may be noted that recent practice goes far to establish the rule that a ministry beaten at the hustings should resigu at once without waiting for a formal defeat in the House of Commons . The ...
... possession of the powers of government . It may be noted that recent practice goes far to establish the rule that a ministry beaten at the hustings should resigu at once without waiting for a formal defeat in the House of Commons . The ...
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... possession of a high degree of technical skill and knowledge , is generally entrusted by the sovereign body or people to a separate and independent class of functionaries . In England , the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords ...
... possession of a high degree of technical skill and knowledge , is generally entrusted by the sovereign body or people to a separate and independent class of functionaries . In England , the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords ...
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... possession of one such divided instrument , it was a comparatively easy matter to employ it as a standard , and copy its divisions on any other article that might be desired . Hence graduation naturally divides itself into two distinct ...
... possession of one such divided instrument , it was a comparatively easy matter to employ it as a standard , and copy its divisions on any other article that might be desired . Hence graduation naturally divides itself into two distinct ...
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... possession or use grains of paradise , under a penalty of £ 200 for each offence ; and no druggist shall sell the same to a brewer under a penalty of £ 500 . They are , however , devoid of any injurious physio- logical action , and are ...
... possession or use grains of paradise , under a penalty of £ 200 for each offence ; and no druggist shall sell the same to a brewer under a penalty of £ 500 . They are , however , devoid of any injurious physio- logical action , and are ...
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