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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... whole estuary is studded with islands , reefs , and shoals , none of the islands are of great extent except Coniquet , or King's Isle , at the mouth of the Cohit , and Embeneh , or Parrot Island , in the middle of the channel . some The ...
... whole estuary is studded with islands , reefs , and shoals , none of the islands are of great extent except Coniquet , or King's Isle , at the mouth of the Cohit , and Embeneh , or Parrot Island , in the middle of the channel . some The ...
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... whole surface of Scotland , although not in equal proportions . These names contain a history , could it be evolved . They speak of races distinct and successive , although their testimony as to dates is difficult to read . The county ...
... whole surface of Scotland , although not in equal proportions . These names contain a history , could it be evolved . They speak of races distinct and successive , although their testimony as to dates is difficult to read . The county ...
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... whole character of this MS . is identical with that of the Irish MSS . , and yet it is mani- festly a Scottish work . There are lives of saints preserved ; one of these , in the Advocates ' Library , is the life of St Findchua . Mr ...
... whole character of this MS . is identical with that of the Irish MSS . , and yet it is mani- festly a Scottish work . There are lives of saints preserved ; one of these , in the Advocates ' Library , is the life of St Findchua . Mr ...
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... whole region being an elevated plateau ora , Appian , De Bell . Civ . , ii . 49 ) , the country of those Galli table - land , no part of which is less than 2000 feet above the ( Tres , Taλárai , Kéλrai ) whose migrations and final terri ...
... whole region being an elevated plateau ora , Appian , De Bell . Civ . , ii . 49 ) , the country of those Galli table - land , no part of which is less than 2000 feet above the ( Tres , Taλárai , Kéλrai ) whose migrations and final terri ...
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... whole a pleasant one ; the apostle was still received with due respect ( iv . 12 , 18 ) , and may well have left Galatia with the impression that the disciples had been " strengthened " by him , and that they " were running well " ( v ...
... whole a pleasant one ; the apostle was still received with due respect ( iv . 12 , 18 ) , and may well have left Galatia with the impression that the disciples had been " strengthened " by him , and that they " were running well " ( v ...
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