The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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Page 12
... existence . There is the Glenmasan MS . in the Edinburgh Advocates ' Library , inscribed with the date 1238 , and con- taining several interesting fragments . Here we find the famous lay of Deirdre or Darthula , connected with the story ...
... existence . There is the Glenmasan MS . in the Edinburgh Advocates ' Library , inscribed with the date 1238 , and con- taining several interesting fragments . Here we find the famous lay of Deirdre or Darthula , connected with the story ...
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... existence on what to the com- mon observer appears to be nothing but " an unmeaning mass of leaves . " Among the numerous insects parasitic on the inhabitants of galls are hymenopterous flies of the family Proctotrypida , and of the ...
... existence on what to the com- mon observer appears to be nothing but " an unmeaning mass of leaves . " Among the numerous insects parasitic on the inhabitants of galls are hymenopterous flies of the family Proctotrypida , and of the ...
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... existence of the unconditioned is given in knowledge as the necessary correlate of the conditioned , but rejects en- tirely the a priori element which is the distinguishing characteristic of the Kantian doctrine of cognition . All ...
... existence of the unconditioned is given in knowledge as the necessary correlate of the conditioned , but rejects en- tirely the a priori element which is the distinguishing characteristic of the Kantian doctrine of cognition . All ...
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... existence of a " burning spring " in the coal district of Wigan is noticed by Thomas Shirley , who traced its origin to the underlying coal . In the same Transactions for 1739 is printed a letter addressed to the Hon . Robert Boyle ...
... existence of a " burning spring " in the coal district of Wigan is noticed by Thomas Shirley , who traced its origin to the underlying coal . In the same Transactions for 1739 is printed a letter addressed to the Hon . Robert Boyle ...
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... existence ; and in the end the material which at one time was regarded as a most troublesome and annoying waste- the gas - tar - will , in all probability , exercise a decisive influence on the continuance of the gas manufacture . Other ...
... existence ; and in the end the material which at one time was regarded as a most troublesome and annoying waste- the gas - tar - will , in all probability , exercise a decisive influence on the continuance of the gas manufacture . Other ...
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