The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... English names rat or mouse would be fairly appropriate to any of them . Together they form one , and that by far the largest and most important , of the 10 sub - families into which the Muridae or Rat family ( order Rodentia ) are ...
... English names rat or mouse would be fairly appropriate to any of them . Together they form one , and that by far the largest and most important , of the 10 sub - families into which the Muridae or Rat family ( order Rodentia ) are ...
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... English edition is that by Teignmouth Shore ( 1872 ) , with illustrations by Gustave Doré and additions by Théophile Gautier ; the best German edition that by Ellisen ( 1849 ) , to which is prefixed a valuable essay upon the literature ...
... English edition is that by Teignmouth Shore ( 1872 ) , with illustrations by Gustave Doré and additions by Théophile Gautier ; the best German edition that by Ellisen ( 1849 ) , to which is prefixed a valuable essay upon the literature ...
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... English conquest , and some which became important again , as Bath , Cambridge , and Chester , are known to have lain waste for centuries . In other instances the English kings soon learned to hold their courts in the fortresses , and ...
... English conquest , and some which became important again , as Bath , Cambridge , and Chester , are known to have lain waste for centuries . In other instances the English kings soon learned to hold their courts in the fortresses , and ...
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... English borough , " where descent was to the youngest son , a circumstance which gave its name to the custom of " borough - English . " Municipal freedom was granted in Spain at an earlier date and on an ampler scale , as beseemed the ...
... English borough , " where descent was to the youngest son , a circumstance which gave its name to the custom of " borough - English . " Municipal freedom was granted in Spain at an earlier date and on an ampler scale , as beseemed the ...
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... English examples of this work are very effectively designed , though coarser in exe- cution . The outside of an old half - timbered house in the market - place at Newark - upon - Trent has high reliefs in stucco of canopied figures ...
... English examples of this work are very effectively designed , though coarser in exe- cution . The outside of an old half - timbered house in the market - place at Newark - upon - Trent has high reliefs in stucco of canopied figures ...
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