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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... position of the back of the mouth for g and K went out of use , being retained only in a few familiar w , except that the passage between the back - palate and the abbreviations , and C ( which was the Latinized form of the tongue is ...
... position of the back of the mouth for g and K went out of use , being retained only in a few familiar w , except that the passage between the back - palate and the abbreviations , and C ( which was the Latinized form of the tongue is ...
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... position of considerable social influence , and maintain a secret society of their own . within the present ... positions at Louis and Quaben " Malouine " obtained for France the right of residence on the left on the right bank . The ...
... position of considerable social influence , and maintain a secret society of their own . within the present ... positions at Louis and Quaben " Malouine " obtained for France the right of residence on the left on the right bank . The ...
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... position in the government of Pultowa . • 1 GADWALL , a word of obscure origin , the common English name of the Duck , called by Linnæus Anas strepera , but considered by many modern ornithologists to require removal from the genus Anas ...
... position in the government of Pultowa . • 1 GADWALL , a word of obscure origin , the common English name of the Duck , called by Linnæus Anas strepera , but considered by many modern ornithologists to require removal from the genus Anas ...
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... position in Congress of financier for his party and succeeded in modifying the radical meas- ures of Hamilton and improving the financial schemes of the government . His leadership laid him open to all the bitter personal attacks of the ...
... position in Congress of financier for his party and succeeded in modifying the radical meas- ures of Hamilton and improving the financial schemes of the government . His leadership laid him open to all the bitter personal attacks of the ...
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... position as the key of the Dardanelles , it called the reign of the thirty tyrants , although in reality the was ... positions has the Gulf of Saros on the N.W. , and extends some 50 miles to the S.W. The guns of Gallipoli command the ...
... position as the key of the Dardanelles , it called the reign of the thirty tyrants , although in reality the was ... positions has the Gulf of Saros on the N.W. , and extends some 50 miles to the S.W. The guns of Gallipoli command the ...
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