The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... afterwards slaughtered in the crowded courts and thoroughfares of the metropolis . But public opinion at length forced the Legislature to interfere , and the corpora- tion was compelled to abandon Smithfield market and to provide a ...
... afterwards slaughtered in the crowded courts and thoroughfares of the metropolis . But public opinion at length forced the Legislature to interfere , and the corpora- tion was compelled to abandon Smithfield market and to provide a ...
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... afterwards created Lord Colchester . See COLCHESTER . ABBOT , GEORGE , Archbishop of Canterbury , was born October 19 , 1562 , at Guildford in Surrey , where his father was a cloth - worker . He studied at Balliol College , Oxford , and ...
... afterwards created Lord Colchester . See COLCHESTER . ABBOT , GEORGE , Archbishop of Canterbury , was born October 19 , 1562 , at Guildford in Surrey , where his father was a cloth - worker . He studied at Balliol College , Oxford , and ...
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... ( afterwards named Huntlyburn ) , purchased in 1817. The present new house was then commenced , and was completed in 1824. The general ground - plan is a parallelogram , with irregular outlines- one side overlooking the Tweed , and the ...
... ( afterwards named Huntlyburn ) , purchased in 1817. The present new house was then commenced , and was completed in 1824. The general ground - plan is a parallelogram , with irregular outlines- one side overlooking the Tweed , and the ...
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... afterwards formed one of the circle of learned men whom Saladin gathered around him at Jeru- salem , and shared in the great sultan's favours . He taught medicine and philosophy at Cairo and at Damascus for a number of years , and ...
... afterwards formed one of the circle of learned men whom Saladin gathered around him at Jeru- salem , and shared in the great sultan's favours . He taught medicine and philosophy at Cairo and at Damascus for a number of years , and ...
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... afterwards , but they were marvellously preserved even through the vicissitudes of the French Revolution , and now they lie united in the well - known tomb at Père - Lachaise . Great as was the influence exerted by Abelard on the minds ...
... afterwards , but they were marvellously preserved even through the vicissitudes of the French Revolution , and now they lie united in the well - known tomb at Père - Lachaise . Great as was the influence exerted by Abelard on the minds ...
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