The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 11. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... given an abridgment . See Mémoires hist . et litt . de l'Abbé Goujet , 1767 . GOUJON , JEAN , was the most distinguished sculptor produced by France during the 16th century . Although some evidence has been offered in favour of the date ...
... given an abridgment . See Mémoires hist . et litt . de l'Abbé Goujet , 1767 . GOUJON , JEAN , was the most distinguished sculptor produced by France during the 16th century . Although some evidence has been offered in favour of the date ...
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... given to various plants of the order Cucurbitaceae , but more strictly applied to those belonging to the genus Cucurbita , monoecious trailing herbs of annual duration , with long succulent stems furnished with tendrils , and large ...
... given to various plants of the order Cucurbitaceae , but more strictly applied to those belonging to the genus Cucurbita , monoecious trailing herbs of annual duration , with long succulent stems furnished with tendrils , and large ...
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... given hour all the children in all the schools of France are learning the same lesson . The habitual dependence of the French people upon the action of the state has been described as a survival from the times of imperial despotism ...
... given hour all the children in all the schools of France are learning the same lesson . The habitual dependence of the French people upon the action of the state has been described as a survival from the times of imperial despotism ...
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... given him , as a token of their regard , a tomb in the Campo Santo . He had likewise a house of his own in Pisa , and houses and land in Florence . In rectitude of life he is said to have been worthy of his first master , Fra Angelico ...
... given him , as a token of their regard , a tomb in the Campo Santo . He had likewise a house of his own in Pisa , and houses and land in Florence . In rectitude of life he is said to have been worthy of his first master , Fra Angelico ...
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... given them by their widowed mother . Tiberius served as quæstor in Spain in 137 ; and the respect still entertained by the Spaniards for his father's name enabled him to save the Roman army from utter ruin after its defeat by the ...
... given them by their widowed mother . Tiberius served as quæstor in Spain in 137 ; and the respect still entertained by the Spaniards for his father's name enabled him to save the Roman army from utter ruin after its defeat by the ...
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