The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... Scotland , e.g. , in man , which is quite different from the same word on English lips . We have it , how- ever , long in father , & c . , though it is not common . It has passed into a great many other sounds , all of which are denoted ...
... Scotland , e.g. , in man , which is quite different from the same word on English lips . We have it , how- ever , long in father , & c . , though it is not common . It has passed into a great many other sounds , all of which are denoted ...
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... Scotland abandoning or exposing an infant is an offence at common law , although no evil consequences should happen to the child . ABANO , a town of Northern Italy , 6 miles S.W. of Padua . There are thermal springs in the neighbourhood ...
... Scotland abandoning or exposing an infant is an offence at common law , although no evil consequences should happen to the child . ABANO , a town of Northern Italy , 6 miles S.W. of Padua . There are thermal springs in the neighbourhood ...
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... Scotland with the Earl of Dunbar to arrange for a union between the Churches of England and Scotland , and his conduct in that negotiation laid the foundation of his preferment , by attracting to him the notice and favour of the king ...
... Scotland with the Earl of Dunbar to arrange for a union between the Churches of England and Scotland , and his conduct in that negotiation laid the foundation of his preferment , by attracting to him the notice and favour of the king ...
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... Scotland , but admitted all materials that threw light on the ancient history of literature of any country , anywhere described or discussed by the Author of Waverley . The club , now dissolved , con- sisted of fifty members ; and the ...
... Scotland , but admitted all materials that threw light on the ancient history of literature of any country , anywhere described or discussed by the Author of Waverley . The club , now dissolved , con- sisted of fifty members ; and the ...
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... Scotland ] . S.T.P. ( Sacrosanctæ Theologia Professor ) , Professor of Sacred V.C. V.G. V.S. W.S. ac . Theology . Vice - Chancellor . Victoria Cross . Vicar - General . Veterinary Surgeon . Writer to the Signet [ in Scotland ] ...
... Scotland ] . S.T.P. ( Sacrosanctæ Theologia Professor ) , Professor of Sacred V.C. V.G. V.S. W.S. ac . Theology . Vice - Chancellor . Victoria Cross . Vicar - General . Veterinary Surgeon . Writer to the Signet [ in Scotland ] ...
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