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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... usually the abodes of fairies , who , in consequence , are called daoine included under that term ; in particular , it appears necessary sithe , or the men of the hillocks . Sith , peace , has no part to give here some account of ...
... usually the abodes of fairies , who , in consequence , are called daoine included under that term ; in particular , it appears necessary sithe , or the men of the hillocks . Sith , peace , has no part to give here some account of ...
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... usually called " John Knox's Liturgy " into Gaelic , by John Carswell , the bishop of the Isles . This is the first Gaelic book that ever was printed , and bears the date of 1567. There was till very recently only one complete copy of ...
... usually called " John Knox's Liturgy " into Gaelic , by John Carswell , the bishop of the Isles . This is the first Gaelic book that ever was printed , and bears the date of 1567. There was till very recently only one complete copy of ...
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... usually pointed out is the ruin of et Tell , north of the Batihah plain ; the remains are , however , modern and insignificant . Just south of the same plain is a ruined village called Mes'aidîyeh , the name of which approaches ...
... usually pointed out is the ruin of et Tell , north of the Batihah plain ; the remains are , however , modern and insignificant . Just south of the same plain is a ruined village called Mes'aidîyeh , the name of which approaches ...
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... usually very short abdomen , with the second , or second and third segments greatly developed , and the rest imbricated , and concealing the partially coiled ovipositor . The transforma- 1 See in Proc . Entom . Soc . of London for the ...
... usually very short abdomen , with the second , or second and third segments greatly developed , and the rest imbricated , and concealing the partially coiled ovipositor . The transforma- 1 See in Proc . Entom . Soc . of London for the ...
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... usually vacate their galls to spin their cocoons in the earth , or , as in the case of Athalia abdominalis , Klg . , of the clematis , may emerge from their shelter to feed for some days on the leaves of the gall - bearing plant . The ...
... usually vacate their galls to spin their cocoons in the earth , or , as in the case of Athalia abdominalis , Klg . , of the clematis , may emerge from their shelter to feed for some days on the leaves of the gall - bearing plant . The ...
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