The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... portion in the trans - Jordanic territory was , at their special request , allotted to them by Moses ( Num . xxxii . 33 ) , and this arrangement was carried out by Joshua ; but considerable difficulty arises when the attempt is made to ...
... portion in the trans - Jordanic territory was , at their special request , allotted to them by Moses ( Num . xxxii . 33 ) , and this arrangement was carried out by Joshua ; but considerable difficulty arises when the attempt is made to ...
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... portions of the New Testament written in Latin . The Gaelic portion consists of historical references , with notices of grants of land bestowed on the old monastery of Deer , in Aberdeenshire . These references and notices are , for the ...
... portions of the New Testament written in Latin . The Gaelic portion consists of historical references , with notices of grants of land bestowed on the old monastery of Deer , in Aberdeenshire . These references and notices are , for the ...
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... portion of the great desert , and are referred to by other Arabian geographers as the Djoddala ; and it is even possible , he thinks , that their name survives in that of the Ghedala between Cape Blanco and the Lower Senegal on the one ...
... portion of the great desert , and are referred to by other Arabian geographers as the Djoddala ; and it is even possible , he thinks , that their name survives in that of the Ghedala between Cape Blanco and the Lower Senegal on the one ...
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... portion , towards Lycaonia , is the most level , and is an almost perfect plain , passing gradually into the expanse ... portions of Lycaonia and Pamphylia , and when constituted a Roman province was further enlarged so that it extended ...
... portion , towards Lycaonia , is the most level , and is an almost perfect plain , passing gradually into the expanse ... portions of Lycaonia and Pamphylia , and when constituted a Roman province was further enlarged so that it extended ...
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... portion was recovered by Austria at the peace of Paris , and the former came back on the suppression of the independence of Cracow in 1846 . Within the short period since 1860 great advances have been made in many ways in the ...
... portion was recovered by Austria at the peace of Paris , and the former came back on the suppression of the independence of Cracow in 1846 . Within the short period since 1860 great advances have been made in many ways in the ...
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