The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... sound . This coin- any stoppage , friction , or sibilation arising from the con- cidence is probably only accidental . The alphabets of tact of those organs , whereas consonants are heard when Europe , and perhaps of India also , were ...
... sound . This coin- any stoppage , friction , or sibilation arising from the con- cidence is probably only accidental . The alphabets of tact of those organs , whereas consonants are heard when Europe , and perhaps of India also , were ...
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... sound is derived . It is principally to the effort required to keep this sound pure that we must attribute the great corruption of it in all languages , and in none more than our own . In- deed , in English , the short a - sound is ...
... sound is derived . It is principally to the effort required to keep this sound pure that we must attribute the great corruption of it in all languages , and in none more than our own . In- deed , in English , the short a - sound is ...
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... sound or smell of eating might penetrate its sacred precincts , to the east the dormitory , raised on a vaulted undercroft , and the chapter - house adjacent , and the lodg- ings of the cellarer to the west . To this officer was com ...
... sound or smell of eating might penetrate its sacred precincts , to the east the dormitory , raised on a vaulted undercroft , and the chapter - house adjacent , and the lodg- ings of the cellarer to the west . To this officer was com ...
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... sound of dinner still further away from the sacred building , the refectory was built north and south , at right angles to the axis of the church . It was often divided , sometimes into two , sometimes , as here , into three aisles ...
... sound of dinner still further away from the sacred building , the refectory was built north and south , at right angles to the axis of the church . It was often divided , sometimes into two , sometimes , as here , into three aisles ...
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... ( A ) is a passage or corridor ( B ) , cutting off the inmate of the cell from all sound or movement which might interrupt his meditations . The superior had Friars . ABBON OF FLEURY . or ABBO FLORIACENSIS , 20 [ CARTHUSIAN ABBEY.
... ( A ) is a passage or corridor ( B ) , cutting off the inmate of the cell from all sound or movement which might interrupt his meditations . The superior had Friars . ABBON OF FLEURY . or ABBO FLORIACENSIS , 20 [ CARTHUSIAN ABBEY.
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