The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... rise of nearly 7 feet . There are a great number of other streams that fall into the Gaboon , but only two are worthy of special mention , the Remboa , which , rising like the Nkomo and Mbokwa in the Sierra dal Crystal , enters the ...
... rise of nearly 7 feet . There are a great number of other streams that fall into the Gaboon , but only two are worthy of special mention , the Remboa , which , rising like the Nkomo and Mbokwa in the Sierra dal Crystal , enters the ...
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... rise . The story is improbable , though in part borne out by Tacitus , and rests on the authority of a credulous ... Rising through the various grades of office to the consulship in 33 A.D. , he acquired a high and well - merited ...
... rise . The story is improbable , though in part borne out by Tacitus , and rests on the authority of a credulous ... Rising through the various grades of office to the consulship in 33 A.D. , he acquired a high and well - merited ...
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... rise along with the neighbouring principality of Lodomeria ( or Vladimir ) in the course of the 12th century - the ... rising near Mondoñedo , within 20 miles of the northern coast , after a course of 170 miles in a south and south ...
... rise along with the neighbouring principality of Lodomeria ( or Vladimir ) in the course of the 12th century - the ... rising near Mondoñedo , within 20 miles of the northern coast , after a course of 170 miles in a south and south ...
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... rise gradually from the shore , which is fringed with oleander bushes and indented with small bays . The ground is ... rising to the great plateau of the Jaulan ( Gaulonitis ) . The Jordan enters the lake through a narrow gorge between ...
... rise gradually from the shore , which is fringed with oleander bushes and indented with small bays . The ground is ... rising to the great plateau of the Jaulan ( Gaulonitis ) . The Jordan enters the lake through a narrow gorge between ...
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... rise in a con- fusion of thought , he attached capital importance , and he treated with scorn Kepler's suggestion ... rising from his knees after repeating the formula of abjuration , stamped on the ground , and exclaimed , “ E pur si ...
... rise in a con- fusion of thought , he attached capital importance , and he treated with scorn Kepler's suggestion ... rising from his knees after repeating the formula of abjuration , stamped on the ground , and exclaimed , “ E pur si ...
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