The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... century before our era , the distinction between the k - sound and the g - sound became lost at Rome : apparently the surviving sound was g ; but , at all events , the symbol K went out of use , being retained only in a few familiar ...
... century before our era , the distinction between the k - sound and the g - sound became lost at Rome : apparently the surviving sound was g ; but , at all events , the symbol K went out of use , being retained only in a few familiar ...
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... century . Of this century is the only Gaelic charter that we possess , which is printed , with a translation , in the National Records of Scotland . Of this age also are numerous medical MSS . Some of these belonged to the famous family ...
... century . Of this century is the only Gaelic charter that we possess , which is printed , with a translation , in the National Records of Scotland . Of this age also are numerous medical MSS . Some of these belonged to the famous family ...
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... century was published Gillies's Collection of Gaelic Poetry , one of the best collections we possess , containing , as it does , many authentic pieces of Ossianic poetry taken down when the old clan system was still in force in the ...
... century was published Gillies's Collection of Gaelic Poetry , one of the best collections we possess , containing , as it does , many authentic pieces of Ossianic poetry taken down when the old clan system was still in force in the ...
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... century , Ibn Khaldun at the end of the 14th , Leo Afri- canus in the beginning of the 16th , and Marmol about sixty ... century Pope John VIII . bestowed the fief on Pandolf , count of Capua ; but in 877 Duke Docibilis called in the ...
... century , Ibn Khaldun at the end of the 14th , Leo Afri- canus in the beginning of the 16th , and Marmol about sixty ... century Pope John VIII . bestowed the fief on Pandolf , count of Capua ; but in 877 Duke Docibilis called in the ...
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... century , a communal college , a hospital , a theatre , and a military prison . Its industries include the manufacture of wine casks , leather , brandy , bricks , and various kinds of coarse cloth ; and it has a con- siderable trade in ...
... century , a communal college , a hospital , a theatre , and a military prison . Its industries include the manufacture of wine casks , leather , brandy , bricks , and various kinds of coarse cloth ; and it has a con- siderable trade in ...
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