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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... representing the original surd in castreis , cepet , & c . , by unintentionally closing the oral passage for a moment . but the sonant in macistratos , leciones ... represented the Saxon duchies on the commission for drafting an im- I -
... representing the original surd in castreis , cepet , & c . , by unintentionally closing the oral passage for a moment . but the sonant in macistratos , leciones ... represented the Saxon duchies on the commission for drafting an im- I -
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... representing the coronation of the Virgin , and may with more certainty be credited with the mosaics inside the portico of the basilica of S. Maria Maggiore , Rome , re- lating to the legend of the foundation of that church ; their date ...
... representing the coronation of the Virgin , and may with more certainty be credited with the mosaics inside the portico of the basilica of S. Maria Maggiore , Rome , re- lating to the legend of the foundation of that church ; their date ...
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... representing an adversary , and could be laid in a stream , and as the clay wasted , the body of the man represented pined until he died . This afforded ample room for the exhibition of party or personal hatred , and is not altogether ...
... representing an adversary , and could be laid in a stream , and as the clay wasted , the body of the man represented pined until he died . This afforded ample room for the exhibition of party or personal hatred , and is not altogether ...
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... represented by sayings of a different kind in Gaelic , having the same meaning . " There is many a slip between the cup and the lip " is represented by Is le duine an ni a shluigeas e , ach cha leis an ni a chagaineas e , " What a man ...
... represented by sayings of a different kind in Gaelic , having the same meaning . " There is many a slip between the cup and the lip " is represented by Is le duine an ni a shluigeas e , ach cha leis an ni a chagaineas e , " What a man ...
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... represented at the im- perial diet . He was afterwards appointed ambassador to Paris , where he remained till the decree of Napoleon , for- bidding all persons born on the left side of the Rhine to serve any other power than France ...
... represented at the im- perial diet . He was afterwards appointed ambassador to Paris , where he remained till the decree of Napoleon , for- bidding all persons born on the left side of the Rhine to serve any other power than France ...
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