The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... According to a fragment of Polybius , the same fraternal arrangement was not unknown among the Spartans . It must be noticed that , though the members of. the first household ( oikia πporn ) from the combination of | man's possession of ...
... According to a fragment of Polybius , the same fraternal arrangement was not unknown among the Spartans . It must be noticed that , though the members of. the first household ( oikia πporn ) from the combination of | man's possession of ...
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... according to our ideas ” ( G. S. Lang , Aboriginals of Australia , Melbourne , 1865 , p . 10 ; Gray's Journals , & c . , ii . 227 ) . These smaller associations which may not intermarry are named after some animal , vegetable , or other ...
... according to our ideas ” ( G. S. Lang , Aboriginals of Australia , Melbourne , 1865 , p . 10 ; Gray's Journals , & c . , ii . 227 ) . These smaller associations which may not intermarry are named after some animal , vegetable , or other ...
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... according to popular accounts , a third species not yet scientifically identified . The catching of the numerous sea birds which build their nests upon the face of the cliffs forms an important source of subsistence to the inhabitants ...
... according to popular accounts , a third species not yet scientifically identified . The catching of the numerous sea birds which build their nests upon the face of the cliffs forms an important source of subsistence to the inhabitants ...
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... according to climate , race , civilization , and other circumstances ; but it would be difficult to name any religious system of any description in which it is wholly unrecognized . The origin of the practice is very obscure . Mr ...
... according to climate , race , civilization , and other circumstances ; but it would be difficult to name any religious system of any description in which it is wholly unrecognized . The origin of the practice is very obscure . Mr ...
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... According to Acts xiii . 2 , 3 , xiv . 23 , they conjoined fasting with prayer at ordinations , and doubtless also on some other solemn occasions ; but at the same time the liberty of the Christian " in respect of an holiday , or of the ...
... According to Acts xiii . 2 , 3 , xiv . 23 , they conjoined fasting with prayer at ordinations , and doubtless also on some other solemn occasions ; but at the same time the liberty of the Christian " in respect of an holiday , or of the ...
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