The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... whole estuary is studded with islands , reefs , and shoals , none of the islands are of great extent except Coniquet , or King's Isle , at the mouth of the Cohit , and Embeneh , or Parrot Island , in the middle of the channel . - some ...
... whole estuary is studded with islands , reefs , and shoals , none of the islands are of great extent except Coniquet , or King's Isle , at the mouth of the Cohit , and Embeneh , or Parrot Island , in the middle of the channel . - some ...
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... whole , there seems to be a large amount of truth in what they have transmitted to us , back to a certain date . The rest is pure fiction . A specimen may be given , extracted from the genealogy of the family of Argyll . It is to be ...
... whole , there seems to be a large amount of truth in what they have transmitted to us , back to a certain date . The rest is pure fiction . A specimen may be given , extracted from the genealogy of the family of Argyll . It is to be ...
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... whole continent of Europe , and the Celts of Great Britain and Ireland felt the impulse . This was a period of much writing both in Ireland and in Scotland . The remains that exist are of a varied kind , and are numerous , especially ...
... whole continent of Europe , and the Celts of Great Britain and Ireland felt the impulse . This was a period of much writing both in Ireland and in Scotland . The remains that exist are of a varied kind , and are numerous , especially ...
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... whole region being an elevated plateau or table - land , no part of which is less than 2000 feet above the sea , while the greater part exceeds 3000 feet in elevation . The southern portion , towards Lycaonia , is the most level , and ...
... whole region being an elevated plateau or table - land , no part of which is less than 2000 feet above the sea , while the greater part exceeds 3000 feet in elevation . The southern portion , towards Lycaonia , is the most level , and ...
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... whole Old Testament revelation , and was capable of being deduced from the entire course of the past history of the church . The religion of Abraham had been a religion of faith , and his justification had not been a justification by ...
... whole Old Testament revelation , and was capable of being deduced from the entire course of the past history of the church . The religion of Abraham had been a religion of faith , and his justification had not been a justification by ...
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