The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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Page 9
... called . The laws of nature are laws not properly so called . They are generalizations as to the uniform course of nature , and have no analogy to laws properly so called except in point of uniformity . Positive law , again , is dis ...
... called . The laws of nature are laws not properly so called . They are generalizations as to the uniform course of nature , and have no analogy to laws properly so called except in point of uniformity . Positive law , again , is dis ...
Page 21
... called permissive legislation , which leaves to local authorities the responsibility of deciding how far a given principle shall be applied . ( E. R. ) | | GRAAL . See GRAIL . in a Paradise. 2. Local Government . - As the business of ...
... called permissive legislation , which leaves to local authorities the responsibility of deciding how far a given principle shall be applied . ( E. R. ) | | GRAAL . See GRAIL . in a Paradise. 2. Local Government . - As the business of ...
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... called " the Twelve Hides , " & c . This same feature distinctly reappears in the Graal legend , where Bron , the brother - in- law of Joseph , has twelve sons , who are all sent to Britain , but one among them , Alain , who renounces ...
... called " the Twelve Hides , " & c . This same feature distinctly reappears in the Graal legend , where Bron , the brother - in- law of Joseph , has twelve sons , who are all sent to Britain , but one among them , Alain , who renounces ...
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... called by systemat ists the " lower pale , " and with the " upper pale " con- sidered to form an outer floral envelope ( " calyx , " Jussieu ; " perianthium , " Brown ; " stragulum , " Palisat de Beauvois ; " glumella , " Dumortier ) ...
... called by systemat ists the " lower pale , " and with the " upper pale " con- sidered to form an outer floral envelope ( " calyx , " Jussieu ; " perianthium , " Brown ; " stragulum , " Palisat de Beauvois ; " glumella , " Dumortier ) ...
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... called El Greco , was a native of Greece , where he was born about the year 1545. He appears to have studied art at Venice , where it is alleged that Titian was his master . The date of his removal to Spain is unknown ; but in 1577 we ...
... called El Greco , was a native of Greece , where he was born about the year 1545. He appears to have studied art at Venice , where it is alleged that Titian was his master . The date of his removal to Spain is unknown ; but in 1577 we ...
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