The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... original surd in castreis , cepet , & c . , but the sonant in macistratos , leciones , ceset ( i.e. , gessit ) , & c . When , in the 3d century , the two sounds were again dis- tinguished , two symbols were again required ; but the K ...
... original surd in castreis , cepet , & c . , but the sonant in macistratos , leciones , ceset ( i.e. , gessit ) , & c . When , in the 3d century , the two sounds were again dis- tinguished , two symbols were again required ; but the K ...
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... original cathedral of St Peter in Rome , he also executed the mosaics of the choir , and those of the front , representing on a colossal scale God the Father , with many other figures ; likewise an altarpiece in the church of S. Maria ...
... original cathedral of St Peter in Rome , he also executed the mosaics of the choir , and those of the front , representing on a colossal scale God the Father , with many other figures ; likewise an altarpiece in the church of S. Maria ...
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... original source , which in many cases is found among the ancient Scottish kings . The preparing and continuing of these pedigrees was one of the duties of the ancient bards and sennachies , who transmitted their knowledge of family ...
... original source , which in many cases is found among the ancient Scottish kings . The preparing and continuing of these pedigrees was one of the duties of the ancient bards and sennachies , who transmitted their knowledge of family ...
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... original and the translation had been published simultane- yously . The only part of the Gaelic that was published ( 607 before 1818 was what is called a " Specimen of the Original of Temora , " given with the other poems in English in ...
... original and the translation had been published simultane- yously . The only part of the Gaelic that was published ( 607 before 1818 was what is called a " Specimen of the Original of Temora , " given with the other poems in English in ...
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... original author , so Gale tries to show that the various systems of Greek thought may be traced back - to Biblical sources . Like most of the learned works of the 17th century , the Court of the Gentiles is chaotic and unsys- tematic ...
... original author , so Gale tries to show that the various systems of Greek thought may be traced back - to Biblical sources . Like most of the learned works of the 17th century , the Court of the Gentiles is chaotic and unsys- tematic ...
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