The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... regarded as very uncertain . Adopting the specific names usually given to the more familiar forms , the most important of the gourds , from an economic point of view , is perhaps C. maxima , the Potiron Jaune of the French , the red and ...
... regarded as very uncertain . Adopting the specific names usually given to the more familiar forms , the most important of the gourds , from an economic point of view , is perhaps C. maxima , the Potiron Jaune of the French , the red and ...
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... regarded gout as an un- natural accumulation of humours in a part , and the chalk- stones as the concretions of these , and he attributed the disease to over - indulgence and luxury . Gout is alluded to in the works of Ovid and Pliny ...
... regarded gout as an un- natural accumulation of humours in a part , and the chalk- stones as the concretions of these , and he attributed the disease to over - indulgence and luxury . Gout is alluded to in the works of Ovid and Pliny ...
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... regarded with indiffer- ence . The election of the coroner by the freeholders is universally pointed by the parishioners , the right is often left to be exercised by condemned . In the few parishes where the clergyman may be ap- the ...
... regarded with indiffer- ence . The election of the coroner by the freeholders is universally pointed by the parishioners , the right is often left to be exercised by condemned . In the few parishes where the clergyman may be ap- the ...
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... regarded by law as under disability to contract ( infants , lunatics , and married women ) , a few doubtful instances of protected persons might still be named . Thus expectant heirs are treated in the spirit of the old laws against ...
... regarded by law as under disability to contract ( infants , lunatics , and married women ) , a few doubtful instances of protected persons might still be named . Thus expectant heirs are treated in the spirit of the old laws against ...
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... regarded by the Hindus as sacred to Ram Deo , one of their deities , while Wood Gracula religiosa . the true Gracula religiosa does not seem to be anywhere held in veneration . This last is about 10 inches in length , clothed in a ...
... regarded by the Hindus as sacred to Ram Deo , one of their deities , while Wood Gracula religiosa . the true Gracula religiosa does not seem to be anywhere held in veneration . This last is about 10 inches in length , clothed in a ...
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