The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... evidence in his works it may be gathered that he flourished in the reigns of the emperors Hadrian , Antoninus Pius , Marcus Aurelius , and Commodus . His works were thus composed between the years 130 and 180 , at the time when the ...
... evidence in his works it may be gathered that he flourished in the reigns of the emperors Hadrian , Antoninus Pius , Marcus Aurelius , and Commodus . His works were thus composed between the years 130 and 180 , at the time when the ...
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... evidence goes to show that it cannot have lasted more than six months , and that it pro- bably came to an end within a much shorter interval . Resuming the journey by Mysia and the Troad , Paul and his companion proceded to " Macedonia ...
... evidence goes to show that it cannot have lasted more than six months , and that it pro- bably came to an end within a much shorter interval . Resuming the journey by Mysia and the Troad , Paul and his companion proceded to " Macedonia ...
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... evidence , and Urban was far too sagacious to give any permanent credit to it . It was at once evident that the whole tenor of this re- markable work was in flagrant contradiction with the edict passed sixteen years before its ...
... evidence , and Urban was far too sagacious to give any permanent credit to it . It was at once evident that the whole tenor of this re- markable work was in flagrant contradiction with the edict passed sixteen years before its ...
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... evidence that the Gare - fowl's winter - plumage differed from that of the breeding - season just as is ordinarily 1 The name first appears , and in this form , in the Account of Hirta [ St Kilda ] and Rona , & c . , by the Lord ...
... evidence that the Gare - fowl's winter - plumage differed from that of the breeding - season just as is ordinarily 1 The name first appears , and in this form , in the Account of Hirta [ St Kilda ] and Rona , & c . , by the Lord ...
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... evidence were wanting , its inability to fly . The most prevalent misconception concerning the Gare- fowl is one which has been repeated so often , and in books of such generally good repute and wide dispersal , that a successful ...
... evidence were wanting , its inability to fly . The most prevalent misconception concerning the Gare- fowl is one which has been repeated so often , and in books of such generally good repute and wide dispersal , that a successful ...
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