The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1875 |
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... probably only accidental . The alphabets of tact of those organs , whereas consonants are heard when Europe , and perhaps of India also , were of Semitic origin , the organs open after such contact more or less complete . and in all the ...
... probably only accidental . The alphabets of tact of those organs , whereas consonants are heard when Europe , and perhaps of India also , were of Semitic origin , the organs open after such contact more or less complete . and in all the ...
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... probably pure , both short and long , and it has been preserved so in the Romance languages down to the present day . In Greek there was considerable variation , proved in one case at least by a variation of symbol ; in Ionic a commonly ...
... probably pure , both short and long , and it has been preserved so in the Romance languages down to the present day . In Greek there was considerable variation , proved in one case at least by a variation of symbol ; in Ionic a commonly ...
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... probably derived from the Tuscan order . In Saxon work it is frequently simply chamfered , but sometimes grooved , as in the crypt at Repton ( fig . 1 ) , and in the arcade of the refectory at West- minster . The abacus in Norman work ...
... probably derived from the Tuscan order . In Saxon work it is frequently simply chamfered , but sometimes grooved , as in the crypt at Repton ( fig . 1 ) , and in the arcade of the refectory at West- minster . The abacus in Norman work ...
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... by being carted to a distance , and is therefore probably delivered in better condition ; but the latter secures that great desideratum , the practical extinc- tion of isolated slaughter - houses . .M . K E H L B B ENTRANCE A 6 ABAT TO IR.
... by being carted to a distance , and is therefore probably delivered in better condition ; but the latter secures that great desideratum , the practical extinc- tion of isolated slaughter - houses . .M . K E H L B B ENTRANCE A 6 ABAT TO IR.
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... probably erected of wood . The whole includes thirty - three separate blocks . The church ( D ) is cruciform , with a nave of nine bays , and a semicircular apse at either extremity . That to the west is surrounded by a semicircular ...
... probably erected of wood . The whole includes thirty - three separate blocks . The church ( D ) is cruciform , with a nave of nine bays , and a semicircular apse at either extremity . That to the west is surrounded by a semicircular ...
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