The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... marked - cos , a foot , gen . coise , dat . cois , voc . a chos . Wherever the language is well spoken these cases are in daily use , and are lost only when the language is far on in the process of decay . Difference between Gaelic and ...
... marked - cos , a foot , gen . coise , dat . cois , voc . a chos . Wherever the language is well spoken these cases are in daily use , and are lost only when the language is far on in the process of decay . Difference between Gaelic and ...
Page 10
... marked distinction between the topography and that of Ireland . The study of this subject is full of interest , and is capable of producing important results both linguistic and historical . The field is as yet unoccupied , and affords ...
... marked distinction between the topography and that of Ireland . The study of this subject is full of interest , and is capable of producing important results both linguistic and historical . The field is as yet unoccupied , and affords ...
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... marked distinction with It was at once evident that the whole tenor of this re- markable work was in flagrant contradiction with the edict passed sixteen years before its publication , as well as with the author's personal pledge of ...
... marked distinction with It was at once evident that the whole tenor of this re- markable work was in flagrant contradiction with the edict passed sixteen years before its publication , as well as with the author's personal pledge of ...
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... marked economy and efficiency of the system . In the meantime new applications of import- ance have becu found for coal - gas in connexion with heating and cooking , and as a motive power in gas - engines . Further , collateral ...
... marked economy and efficiency of the system . In the meantime new applications of import- ance have becu found for coal - gas in connexion with heating and cooking , and as a motive power in gas - engines . Further , collateral ...
Page 117
... marked " Hierro , " performed mocking dances round the bust of Racine , and were at all times ready to exchange word or blow with the perruques and grisâtres of the classical party . In Gautier's case , however , whatever they might be ...
... marked " Hierro , " performed mocking dances round the bust of Racine , and were at all times ready to exchange word or blow with the perruques and grisâtres of the classical party . In Gautier's case , however , whatever they might be ...
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