The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 7. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... passed through . Talde II . shows concisely the locality , the date of establishment , and approximately the number of pupils in each of the institutions in Great Britain and Ireland . ? Locality . ( London Margate branch Hackney ...
... passed through . Talde II . shows concisely the locality , the date of establishment , and approximately the number of pupils in each of the institutions in Great Britain and Ireland . ? Locality . ( London Margate branch Hackney ...
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... passed to the Sachsen- sanctity was impaired . About a hundred years afterwards , Merseburg family , and on their extinction in 1738 was in the sixth year of the Peloponnesian war ( 426 B.C. ) , the incorporated with Electoral Saxony ...
... passed to the Sachsen- sanctity was impaired . About a hundred years afterwards , Merseburg family , and on their extinction in 1738 was in the sixth year of the Peloponnesian war ( 426 B.C. ) , the incorporated with Electoral Saxony ...
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... passed the six years from 1798 to 1804 ; and after his return he undertook a geological tour through England . When he was at Göttingen , in the beginning of his German tour , he received the compliment of being appointed honorary ...
... passed the six years from 1798 to 1804 ; and after his return he undertook a geological tour through England . When he was at Göttingen , in the beginning of his German tour , he received the compliment of being appointed honorary ...
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... passed into Asia , and attacked some of the provinces of Lysimachus with varying success ; but famine and pestilence destroyed the greater part of his army , and he retired to the court of Seleucus to seek support and assistance . Here ...
... passed into Asia , and attacked some of the provinces of Lysimachus with varying success ; but famine and pestilence destroyed the greater part of his army , and he retired to the court of Seleucus to seek support and assistance . Here ...
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... passed to Prussia in 1720 , and its fortifications were destroyed in 1759. In 1807 several engagements took place in the vicinity between the French and Russians . Population in 1875 , 9856 . DEMOCRITUS , one of the founders of the ...
... passed to Prussia in 1720 , and its fortifications were destroyed in 1759. In 1807 several engagements took place in the vicinity between the French and Russians . Population in 1875 , 9856 . DEMOCRITUS , one of the founders of the ...
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Page 158 - Jones (a child's Tom Jones, a harmless creature) for a week together. I have sustained my own idea of Roderick Random for a month at a stretch, I verily believe. I had a greedy relish for a few volumes of Voyages and Travels...