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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... present 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 ...
... present 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 ...
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... present Scottish form of the language is of great antiquity . All the literary relics that have come down to us are written in what is usually called the Irish dialect . The present tense is in universal use , as well by Scottish as by ...
... present Scottish form of the language is of great antiquity . All the literary relics that have come down to us are written in what is usually called the Irish dialect . The present tense is in universal use , as well by Scottish as by ...
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... present day . place , to the grief and harassment of the mother . Nor did Adamnan , in his life of Columba , refers to the magi who they confine their assaults to children , but sometimes carried were in the palace of the Pictish king ...
... present day . place , to the grief and harassment of the mother . Nor did Adamnan , in his life of Columba , refers to the magi who they confine their assaults to children , but sometimes carried were in the palace of the Pictish king ...
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... present at the battle of Olias near Toledo , where he .received a wound in the face . He afterwards served in the GARÇAO , PEDRO ANTONIO CORREA ( 1724-1772 ) , north of Italy , and gained great distinction by his bravery , Portuguese ...
... present at the battle of Olias near Toledo , where he .received a wound in the face . He afterwards served in the GARÇAO , PEDRO ANTONIO CORREA ( 1724-1772 ) , north of Italy , and gained great distinction by his bravery , Portuguese ...
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... present are in most general use , wear out quickly ; they very frequently crack so seriously on the first application of heat that they must be removed from the bench before being used at all , and in scarcely any case are they in ...
... present are in most general use , wear out quickly ; they very frequently crack so seriously on the first application of heat that they must be removed from the bench before being used at all , and in scarcely any case are they in ...
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