The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... town . After this period Gabii always appears in history as the ally or dependent of its more powerful neighbour , and it gradually fell into such a state of decay as to become a proverb of desolation - Gabiis desertior . The fame of ...
... town . After this period Gabii always appears in history as the ally or dependent of its more powerful neighbour , and it gradually fell into such a state of decay as to become a proverb of desolation - Gabiis desertior . The fame of ...
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... town of a circle in Bohemia , is situated in a hilly country on the river Neisse , about 6 miles S.E. of Reichenberg . It possesses a Catholic and a Protestant church , a city school , a hospital , and a fine new town - house . Its ...
... town of a circle in Bohemia , is situated in a hilly country on the river Neisse , about 6 miles S.E. of Reichenberg . It possesses a Catholic and a Protestant church , a city school , a hospital , and a fine new town - house . Its ...
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... town . of an oasis of the same name , in that part of the Sahara which belongs to the regency of Tripoli , not far from the frontier of Algeria . According to Dr Rohlfs , the last form of the word more correctly represents the Arabic ...
... town . of an oasis of the same name , in that part of the Sahara which belongs to the regency of Tripoli , not far from the frontier of Algeria . According to Dr Rohlfs , the last form of the word more correctly represents the Arabic ...
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... town are full of tombs excavated in the limestone rock , and by a curious irony of fate these chambers of the dead are the only places where a living inhabitant of Gadara is to be found . According to Josephus , Gadara was a Greek city ...
... town are full of tombs excavated in the limestone rock , and by a curious irony of fate these chambers of the dead are the only places where a living inhabitant of Gadara is to be found . According to Josephus , Gadara was a Greek city ...
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... town , with four Greek churches and two synagogues , deriv- ing its main importance from its four annual fairs , one of which , lasting for three weeks , was , up to 1857 , held at the Hermitage of the Transfiguration ( Skeet ...
... town , with four Greek churches and two synagogues , deriv- ing its main importance from its four annual fairs , one of which , lasting for three weeks , was , up to 1857 , held at the Hermitage of the Transfiguration ( Skeet ...
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