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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... called " coping . " bing - Hawks are said to " crab " when they seize one , another Righting Croc - A long line or string . Crop , to put away - A hawk is said to " put away her croo " when the food passes out of the crop into the ...
... called " coping . " bing - Hawks are said to " crab " when they seize one , another Righting Croc - A long line or string . Crop , to put away - A hawk is said to " put away her croo " when the food passes out of the crop into the ...
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... called there the " camp " ( campo ) extends nearly level for many miles . The little town of Stanley is built along the shore of the harbour and stretches a short way up the slope ; it has a population of 600 or 700 inhabitants . The ...
... called there the " camp " ( campo ) extends nearly level for many miles . The little town of Stanley is built along the shore of the harbour and stretches a short way up the slope ; it has a population of 600 or 700 inhabitants . The ...
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... called thein the Sebald Islands , a name which they still bear on some of the Dutch maps . Captain Strong sailed through between the two principal islands in 1690 , and called the passage Falkland Sound , and from this the group ...
... called thein the Sebald Islands , a name which they still bear on some of the Dutch maps . Captain Strong sailed through between the two principal islands in 1690 , and called the passage Falkland Sound , and from this the group ...
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... called " classificatory , " is retained . Grand - uncles , in this episode of the Mahabharata , as among the Red Indians , are called grandfathers , and uncles fathers . If , then , the Aryan race was not originally organized like the ...
... called " classificatory , " is retained . Grand - uncles , in this episode of the Mahabharata , as among the Red Indians , are called grandfathers , and uncles fathers . If , then , the Aryan race was not originally organized like the ...
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... called Aryan , with many frag ments of their customs , testify to a similar state of things in the past experiences of nations now organized on the basis of the family . We must now ask- ( 1 ) Of what nature are the wider tribal ...
... called Aryan , with many frag ments of their customs , testify to a similar state of things in the past experiences of nations now organized on the basis of the family . We must now ask- ( 1 ) Of what nature are the wider tribal ...
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