The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... passed a fort- night there , left on the 27th of December . She was never more heard of , having , as is supposed , foundered at sea . The captain was a stranger to the navigation , and had obstinately persisted in proceeding by the ...
... passed a fort- night there , left on the 27th of December . She was never more heard of , having , as is supposed , foundered at sea . The captain was a stranger to the navigation , and had obstinately persisted in proceeding by the ...
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... passing to the brother's own children " ( Prim . Mar. , 242 ) . This form of marriage would be the one prevailing in ... passed through , as necessary stages , by all advancing races . In this notice we have said little of the custom by ...
... passing to the brother's own children " ( Prim . Mar. , 242 ) . This form of marriage would be the one prevailing in ... passed through , as necessary stages , by all advancing races . In this notice we have said little of the custom by ...
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... passed away , so far as Britain is concerned ; but some of them still assert their force , especially in the East . As to India , the constantly recurring famines in the various provinces have caused great commiseration in England , and ...
... passed away , so far as Britain is concerned ; but some of them still assert their force , especially in the East . As to India , the constantly recurring famines in the various provinces have caused great commiseration in England , and ...
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... passed . He , however , accom- panied the unhappy man to the place of execution , and continued until the last moment his exhortations to him to renounce his errors . About 1558 Farel married a young girl , and the marriage was the ...
... passed . He , however , accom- panied the unhappy man to the place of execution , and continued until the last moment his exhortations to him to renounce his errors . About 1558 Farel married a young girl , and the marriage was the ...
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... passed , under the instruction of the celebrated Porpora . He became famous , while yet a boy , throughout southern Italy , where he was usually called il ragazzo ; and in 1722 he made his début in " Eomene , " written by his master ...
... passed , under the instruction of the celebrated Porpora . He became famous , while yet a boy , throughout southern Italy , where he was usually called il ragazzo ; and in 1722 he made his début in " Eomene , " written by his master ...
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