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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... whole earth , so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land , and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left ; and there remained not any green in the trees , or in the herbs of the field , through all ...
... whole earth , so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land , and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left ; and there remained not any green in the trees , or in the herbs of the field , through all ...
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... whole kingdom . In later times distilling from grain has been prohibited . It is clear from what has thus been said that the specific causes of famines which are denominated artificial have nearly all passed away , so far as Britain is ...
... whole kingdom . In later times distilling from grain has been prohibited . It is clear from what has thus been said that the specific causes of famines which are denominated artificial have nearly all passed away , so far as Britain is ...
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... whole district may be said to be under water . The villages are built on artificially raised sites , or the high Goálandá , where it receives the waters of the Jamuna or main stream of the Brahmaputra , and whence the united stream ...
... whole district may be said to be under water . The villages are built on artificially raised sites , or the high Goálandá , where it receives the waters of the Jamuna or main stream of the Brahmaputra , and whence the united stream ...
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... whole West at least into submission to the see of Rome ; and ecclesiastical enact . ments had , more than formerly ... whole season ; but the fast shall be kept throughout the whole period " ( can . 50 ) , that " during the fast no ...
... whole West at least into submission to the see of Rome ; and ecclesiastical enact . ments had , more than formerly ... whole season ; but the fast shall be kept throughout the whole period " ( can . 50 ) , that " during the fast no ...
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... whole political career Faucher maintained his probity unsullied , and in very difficult circumstances held with unswerving steadfastness to the path pointed out to him by convictions which were formed solely by a scientific study of ...
... whole political career Faucher maintained his probity unsullied , and in very difficult circumstances held with unswerving steadfastness to the path pointed out to him by convictions which were formed solely by a scientific study of ...
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