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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... early part of the 17th century Falmouth consisted only of a few fisher- men's huts , but soon after this Sir John Killigrew , having obtained the permission of James I. , constructed a new quay and laid the foundation of the present ...
... early part of the 17th century Falmouth consisted only of a few fisher- men's huts , but soon after this Sir John Killigrew , having obtained the permission of James I. , constructed a new quay and laid the foundation of the present ...
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... early marriages were polyandrous . If it be granted that the pro- hibition to marry within the community is as early as it is widely prevalent , this explanation of the form of capture will seem sufficient . The origin of the early ...
... early marriages were polyandrous . If it be granted that the pro- hibition to marry within the community is as early as it is widely prevalent , this explanation of the form of capture will seem sufficient . The origin of the early ...
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... early , prevent the efficient mani- pulation of the soil and the sowing of the autumn seed . Or by being protracted beyond the early months of the year , it will prevent spring sowing , and even seriously injure the young crops ...
... early , prevent the efficient mani- pulation of the soil and the sowing of the autumn seed . Or by being protracted beyond the early months of the year , it will prevent spring sowing , and even seriously injure the young crops ...
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... early traces of the customary observ- ance of the Wednesday and Friday fasts - the die : statio- num ( Clem . Alex . , Strom . , yii . 877 ) , and also of a " quadragesimal " fast before Easter . But the very passage which proves the early ...
... early traces of the customary observ- ance of the Wednesday and Friday fasts - the die : statio- num ( Clem . Alex . , Strom . , yii . 877 ) , and also of a " quadragesimal " fast before Easter . But the very passage which proves the early ...
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... early began to be tempered by the power to grant dispensations . The so- called Butter Towers ( Tours de beurre ) of Rouen , 1485- 1507 , Bourges , and other cities , are said to have been built with money raised by sale of ...
... early began to be tempered by the power to grant dispensations . The so- called Butter Towers ( Tours de beurre ) of Rouen , 1485- 1507 , Bourges , and other cities , are said to have been built with money raised by sale of ...
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