The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... cause disgust at relations which seem revolt- ing to us . It is as improbable that they discovered the supposed physical evils of breeding in and in . That dis- covery could only have been made after a long experience , and in the ...
... cause disgust at relations which seem revolt- ing to us . It is as improbable that they discovered the supposed physical evils of breeding in and in . That dis- covery could only have been made after a long experience , and in the ...
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... causes , " " the stealing of a wife might become the required proof of fitness to have one " ( op . cit . , pp . 652 , 653 ) ... cause of famine applies in a marked manner to 1 See Statistical Journal , vol . xli . , paper by Mr Cornelius ...
... causes , " " the stealing of a wife might become the required proof of fitness to have one " ( op . cit . , pp . 652 , 653 ) ... cause of famine applies in a marked manner to 1 See Statistical Journal , vol . xli . , paper by Mr Cornelius ...
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... causes , as ignorance , indifference , or unsuitability of climate or location . Where the produce of the soil but barely meets the current requirements of the inhabitants , it is clear that either the failure of one season's crops , or ...
... causes , as ignorance , indifference , or unsuitability of climate or location . Where the produce of the soil but barely meets the current requirements of the inhabitants , it is clear that either the failure of one season's crops , or ...
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... causes , but the most general cause has not been the failure of the usual rains . Distress has also , however , been caused by hostile invasion , by swarms of rats and locusts , by storms and floods , and not unfre- quently by the ...
... causes , but the most general cause has not been the failure of the usual rains . Distress has also , however , been caused by hostile invasion , by swarms of rats and locusts , by storms and floods , and not unfre- quently by the ...
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... cause of the Reformation in Geneva . Leaving Geneva to the care of Calvin , Farel returned to his work of itinerant preaching , chiefly in Neufchâtel , where , although the violent hostility of the priests and women showed no signs of ...
... cause of the Reformation in Geneva . Leaving Geneva to the care of Calvin , Farel returned to his work of itinerant preaching , chiefly in Neufchâtel , where , although the violent hostility of the priests and women showed no signs of ...
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