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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... fact that Roman genealogies do not , as it is said , show us examples of marriages between persons of the same gens . More to the point is Plutarch's statement ( Περὶ αἰτίων Ρωμαϊκῶν ) , “ In times past it was unlawful for Romans to ...
... fact that Roman genealogies do not , as it is said , show us examples of marriages between persons of the same gens . More to the point is Plutarch's statement ( Περὶ αἰτίων Ρωμαϊκῶν ) , “ In times past it was unlawful for Romans to ...
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... fact , the only gentes we declares that the Polynesians have not the gens ( for ho know , the Roman gentes , show scarcely a trace of exogamy . thinks them not sufficiently advanced ) , Mr Gill has shown Again , " the change of ...
... fact , the only gentes we declares that the Polynesians have not the gens ( for ho know , the Roman gentes , show scarcely a trace of exogamy . thinks them not sufficiently advanced ) , Mr Gill has shown Again , " the change of ...
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... fact that the Indian empire , as a whole , produces year by year sufficient food for its aggregate population . The food supply fails at certain points ; and there are no adequate means of transportation between the suffering provinces ...
... fact that the Indian empire , as a whole , produces year by year sufficient food for its aggregate population . The food supply fails at certain points ; and there are no adequate means of transportation between the suffering provinces ...
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... fact that of no poet of his do we possess more copious materials for biography than of Fanshawe . He was a very tall courtly man , with short curling brown hair , and fine eyes . As an original poet we have very little means of judging ...
... fact that of no poet of his do we possess more copious materials for biography than of Fanshawe . He was a very tall courtly man , with short curling brown hair , and fine eyes . As an original poet we have very little means of judging ...
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... fact of the tangential force between an electric current and a magnetic pole was clearly stated by Orsted , and clearly apprehended by Ampère , Wollaston , and others , the realization of the continuous rotation of the wire and the ...
... fact of the tangential force between an electric current and a magnetic pole was clearly stated by Orsted , and clearly apprehended by Ampère , Wollaston , and others , the realization of the continuous rotation of the wire and the ...
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