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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... increased , and in the 14th century it was the fifth in size of the towns of Holland . The rise of Amsterdam made it only the sixth ; but it retained this position till the revolution of 1795. The principal facts in its history are the ...
... increased , and in the 14th century it was the fifth in size of the towns of Holland . The rise of Amsterdam made it only the sixth ; but it retained this position till the revolution of 1795. The principal facts in its history are the ...
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... increased state inter- ference within the same period , would occupy a much more formidable list . A rough classification only will be here attempted . We shall take first , interference for the pro- tection of definite classes of ...
... increased state inter- ference within the same period , would occupy a much more formidable list . A rough classification only will be here attempted . We shall take first , interference for the pro- tection of definite classes of ...
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... increased by the operations of the Public Works Loans Commission , which lends money to local bodies for such purposes as the erection of baths and wash - houses , improving rivers , harbours , and towns , building light houses and ...
... increased by the operations of the Public Works Loans Commission , which lends money to local bodies for such purposes as the erection of baths and wash - houses , improving rivers , harbours , and towns , building light houses and ...
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... increased activity of the state , which , as we have already seen , has accompanied the establishment of popular government on a wide basis in England , has shown itself also in increased centralization . The new functions - educational ...
... increased activity of the state , which , as we have already seen , has accompanied the establishment of popular government on a wide basis in England , has shown itself also in increased centralization . The new functions - educational ...
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... increased in strength as the population diminished . We are told by Cicero ( De Am . , 4 ) , " Magna Græcia nunc quidem deleta est . " Many of the cities com- pletely disappeared ; some , like Tarentum , maintained a feeble existence ...
... increased in strength as the population diminished . We are told by Cicero ( De Am . , 4 ) , " Magna Græcia nunc quidem deleta est . " Many of the cities com- pletely disappeared ; some , like Tarentum , maintained a feeble existence ...
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