The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... extent analogous , but the grammatical structure and the idioms correspond to such an extent that the question is put beyond a doubt ; while , with the exception of a few common vocables , there is little that is analogous between the ...
... extent analogous , but the grammatical structure and the idioms correspond to such an extent that the question is put beyond a doubt ; while , with the exception of a few common vocables , there is little that is analogous between the ...
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... extent ; for huvel , low , in Irish humal , is in Gaelic umhal , approaching in this , as in many other cases , nearer to the British form . So the Gaelic preserves letters where the British loses them , but not to the same extent as ...
... extent ; for huvel , low , in Irish humal , is in Gaelic umhal , approaching in this , as in many other cases , nearer to the British form . So the Gaelic preserves letters where the British loses them , but not to the same extent as ...
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... extent the county names are really Gaelic . The same is true of names of parishes , which are , to a large extent , Gaelic both in the north and in the south . Genelach mac Cailin Gillespic mac Cailin anann mac Gillespic mac Donch ...
... extent the county names are really Gaelic . The same is true of names of parishes , which are , to a large extent , Gaelic both in the north and in the south . Genelach mac Cailin Gillespic mac Cailin anann mac Gillespic mac Donch ...
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... extent homogeneous . There were no elements in it but what were Celtic , as it never really embraced within it the Scandinavian sections . Then the land was governed by its maormors and toiseachs , men who represented the central ...
... extent homogeneous . There were no elements in it but what were Celtic , as it never really embraced within it the Scandinavian sections . Then the land was governed by its maormors and toiseachs , men who represented the central ...
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... extent lighted with gas , and some time ago a regular system of water - works was commenced to supply the town with purified and filtered water . There are several Roman Catholic and Greek churches , educa- tional institutions , a ...
... extent lighted with gas , and some time ago a regular system of water - works was commenced to supply the town with purified and filtered water . There are several Roman Catholic and Greek churches , educa- tional institutions , a ...
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