The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 7. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... district of Palestine , or perhaps rather a confederation of districts , situated , with the exception of a small portion , on the eastern side of the Upper Jordan and the Sea of Tiberias . Its boundaries are not accurately known , and ...
... district of Palestine , or perhaps rather a confederation of districts , situated , with the exception of a small portion , on the eastern side of the Upper Jordan and the Sea of Tiberias . Its boundaries are not accurately known , and ...
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... district , he was punished at the second Restoration by a few months of neglect . He was soon after , however , readmitted into the council of state , where he distinguished himself by the prudence and conciliatory tendency of his views ...
... district , he was punished at the second Restoration by a few months of neglect . He was soon after , however , readmitted into the council of state , where he distinguished himself by the prudence and conciliatory tendency of his views ...
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... district ( exclusive of forests ) in 1872-73 amounted to £ 19,169 . Since 1872 the Dehra valley has been subject to the ordinary laws of other settled districts ; but in the hilly division of Jaunsár a less formal code is better suited ...
... district ( exclusive of forests ) in 1872-73 amounted to £ 19,169 . Since 1872 the Dehra valley has been subject to the ordinary laws of other settled districts ; but in the hilly division of Jaunsár a less formal code is better suited ...
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... district . But this aptitude , which would have been of great service in a soldier's life , was not called forth for warlike purposes . The peace of 1815 changed the career of many young aspirants for military distinction , and among ...
... district . But this aptitude , which would have been of great service in a soldier's life , was not called forth for warlike purposes . The peace of 1815 changed the career of many young aspirants for military distinction , and among ...
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... district of British India under the jurisdic- tion of the lieutenant - governor of the Punjab , situated between 28 ° 13 ′ and 29 ° 13 ′ N. lat . and 76 ° 53 ′ and 77 34 " E. long . It consists of a strip of territory on the right or ...
... district of British India under the jurisdic- tion of the lieutenant - governor of the Punjab , situated between 28 ° 13 ′ and 29 ° 13 ′ N. lat . and 76 ° 53 ′ and 77 34 " E. long . It consists of a strip of territory on the right or ...
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