The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... contains a town - hall , a hospital , a theatre , several ancient churches , and a public library . The manufactures are chiefly cotton goods , hosiery , leather , and paper . The population in 1872 was 7749 . FALASHAS ( ie . , Exiles ) ...
... contains a town - hall , a hospital , a theatre , several ancient churches , and a public library . The manufactures are chiefly cotton goods , hosiery , leather , and paper . The population in 1872 was 7749 . FALASHAS ( ie . , Exiles ) ...
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... contains a large percentage of silver . The dark bituminous layers of clay slate , which occur intercalated among ... containing Neue Fragmente aus dem Orient , Kritische Versuche , and Studien und Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben . A ...
... contains a large percentage of silver . The dark bituminous layers of clay slate , which occur intercalated among ... containing Neue Fragmente aus dem Orient , Kritische Versuche , and Studien und Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben . A ...
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... containing the requisite information , besides brief re- ferences to victories , triumphs , prodigies , & c . These tables were also called fasti . Ovid's Fasti have been ... contains the Livy ( xxxvi . 37 ) was intended to be FAR - FAS 43.
... containing the requisite information , besides brief re- ferences to victories , triumphs , prodigies , & c . These tables were also called fasti . Ovid's Fasti have been ... contains the Livy ( xxxvi . 37 ) was intended to be FAR - FAS 43.
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... contains no reference to any merely . and Alexandria the quadragesimal fast lasted six weeks . Others. Jewish Fasts . - While remarkable for the cheerful , non- ascetic character of their worship , the Jews were no less distinguished ...
... contains no reference to any merely . and Alexandria the quadragesimal fast lasted six weeks . Others. Jewish Fasts . - While remarkable for the cheerful , non- ascetic character of their worship , the Jews were no less distinguished ...
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... contains 8513 inhabitants . FATIMAH ( 606-632 ) , the daughter of Mahomet by his wife Khadijah , and one of the four women whom the prophet regarded as perfect , was born at Mecca in 606 . At the age of fifteen she was married to Ali ...
... contains 8513 inhabitants . FATIMAH ( 606-632 ) , the daughter of Mahomet by his wife Khadijah , and one of the four women whom the prophet regarded as perfect , was born at Mecca in 606 . At the age of fifteen she was married to Ali ...
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