The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1884 |
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... according to Hernandez in his Historia Avium Nova Hispania ( p . 52 ) , published at Rome in 1651 , was the Mexican name of a bird which he described well enough to leave no doubt as to what he meant ; but the word being soon after ...
... according to Hernandez in his Historia Avium Nova Hispania ( p . 52 ) , published at Rome in 1651 , was the Mexican name of a bird which he described well enough to leave no doubt as to what he meant ; but the word being soon after ...
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... according to the nature of the contract . When its dues and services were assessed in perpetuity the borough was said to be " affirmed " or held in fee - farm , and the burgesses were thenceforth treated as freeholders by a burgage ...
... according to the nature of the contract . When its dues and services were assessed in perpetuity the borough was said to be " affirmed " or held in fee - farm , and the burgesses were thenceforth treated as freeholders by a burgage ...
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... according as it is or is not accom- panied by circumstances constituting the element of malice aforethought . That , according to the old definition of Coke , is the criterion by which murder is distinguished from manslaughter.1 In like ...
... according as it is or is not accom- panied by circumstances constituting the element of malice aforethought . That , according to the old definition of Coke , is the criterion by which murder is distinguished from manslaughter.1 In like ...
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... according as the disease runs its course as a general or localized affection . While death is usually rapid or sudden when the malady is general , constituting what is desig- nated splenic apoplexy or anthrax fever , in the local form ...
... according as the disease runs its course as a general or localized affection . While death is usually rapid or sudden when the malady is general , constituting what is desig- nated splenic apoplexy or anthrax fever , in the local form ...
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... according to the degree of heat to which the virus is subjected , so its innocuousness when trans- ferred to a healthy creature . The attenuation of heat , according to this method , is a safer and readier way to obtain a protective ...
... according to the degree of heat to which the virus is subjected , so its innocuousness when trans- ferred to a healthy creature . The attenuation of heat , according to this method , is a safer and readier way to obtain a protective ...
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