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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... hand ( Eastern falconers always carry a hawk on the right ) , and she must be carried about as much as possible , late into the night , every day , being constantly stroked with a bird's wing or feather , very lightly at first . At ...
... hand ( Eastern falconers always carry a hawk on the right ) , and she must be carried about as much as possible , late into the night , every day , being constantly stroked with a bird's wing or feather , very lightly at first . At ...
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... hand - to - hand fight ensued on the slippery dykes , and the work was going slowly forward , while the Spaniards were beginning to give way , when , Farnese himself appeared on the scene , and by his own ex- ploits , and the ...
... hand - to - hand fight ensued on the slippery dykes , and the work was going slowly forward , while the Spaniards were beginning to give way , when , Farnese himself appeared on the scene , and by his own ex- ploits , and the ...
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... hand , it might be contended that the emperor was just as likely to misjudge the character of his wife as of his son Com- modus , the buffoon of the imperial purple . The empress's impunity amid her alleged vices , and the emperor's ...
... hand , it might be contended that the emperor was just as likely to misjudge the character of his wife as of his son Com- modus , the buffoon of the imperial purple . The empress's impunity amid her alleged vices , and the emperor's ...
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... hand . In the assault , the mere movements should be almost mechanical ; for the Time thrusts are so called because the success of these movements depends entirely upon their being executed at the exact moment of time employed by the ...
... hand . In the assault , the mere movements should be almost mechanical ; for the Time thrusts are so called because the success of these movements depends entirely upon their being executed at the exact moment of time employed by the ...
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... hand , large growths of yeast may be obtained ( and as a matter of fact are obtained every day by the makers of German barm ) without pro- ducing much alcohol . Oskar Brefeld , by means of a peculiar arti- fice , succeeded in growing ...
... hand , large growths of yeast may be obtained ( and as a matter of fact are obtained every day by the makers of German barm ) without pro- ducing much alcohol . Oskar Brefeld , by means of a peculiar arti- fice , succeeded in growing ...
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