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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... hands high ; but those from 14 to 15 hands are generally preferred . The mule is endowed with the chief characteristics of its parents . In its short thick head , long ears , thin limbs , small narrow hoofs , short mane , absence of ...
... hands high ; but those from 14 to 15 hands are generally preferred . The mule is endowed with the chief characteristics of its parents . In its short thick head , long ears , thin limbs , small narrow hoofs , short mane , absence of ...
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... hands more than fifteen years of age , and those approaching 15 hands died younger , while those between 13 and 14 hands were frequently more than twenty years old . The older animals were very often mares . ( G. FL . ) MÜLHAUSEN ( in ...
... hands more than fifteen years of age , and those approaching 15 hands died younger , while those between 13 and 14 hands were frequently more than twenty years old . The older animals were very often mares . ( G. FL . ) MÜLHAUSEN ( in ...
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... hand in the workshops attached by ancient tomb - breakers , the mummy of Merenra is to the necropolis of Memphis . To prevent mistakes in distinctly impressed in the usual manner with marks of delivering the mummies to their families ...
... hand in the workshops attached by ancient tomb - breakers , the mummy of Merenra is to the necropolis of Memphis . To prevent mistakes in distinctly impressed in the usual manner with marks of delivering the mummies to their families ...
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... hand - painting ; frequently two or more of these methods have been employed for the same pattern . The use of printed stuffs is of great antiquity among the Hindus and Chinese , and was cer- tainly practised in western Europe in the ...
... hand - painting ; frequently two or more of these methods have been employed for the same pattern . The use of printed stuffs is of great antiquity among the Hindus and Chinese , and was cer- tainly practised in western Europe in the ...
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... hand printing . A some- what blurred appearance is the usual result . Though at first wall - papers were a mere makeshift and feeble imitation of rich textiles , yet , with a good feeling for the harmonies of colour and a regard for the ...
... hand printing . A some- what blurred appearance is the usual result . Though at first wall - papers were a mere makeshift and feeble imitation of rich textiles , yet , with a good feeling for the harmonies of colour and a regard for the ...
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