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An appeal for funds to erect much need of other schools was at once felt ; and the
New York & building was made and liberally responded to , and an Institution
was opened in 1818 , that in Pennsylvania in eligible plot of ground was taken in
...
An appeal for funds to erect much need of other schools was at once felt ; and the
New York & building was made and liberally responded to , and an Institution
was opened in 1818 , that in Pennsylvania in eligible plot of ground was taken in
...
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2 , has been usually taken as part of the first system of “ ten words , " is admitted
by critics of almost every commandment . The Church of Rome and the Lutherans
school . But it is much disputed what the original compass adopt the ...
2 , has been usually taken as part of the first system of “ ten words , " is admitted
by critics of almost every commandment . The Church of Rome and the Lutherans
school . But it is much disputed what the original compass adopt the ...
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He had taken up arms in nearly all the famous philosophers and literary men in
Monmouth ' s expedition , and is supposed to have owed his Paris , besides not a
few distinguished visitors from abroad . | lucky escape from the clutches of the ...
He had taken up arms in nearly all the famous philosophers and literary men in
Monmouth ' s expedition , and is supposed to have owed his Paris , besides not a
few distinguished visitors from abroad . | lucky escape from the clutches of the ...
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£100 , 000 ; it was afterwards increased to £120 , 000 , and The district
population , according to a consis taken in subscuently to £150 , 000 , exclusive
of certain crown lands 1868 , numbered 608 , 850 souls , scattered urer an area
of wbich ...
£100 , 000 ; it was afterwards increased to £120 , 000 , and The district
population , according to a consis taken in subscuently to £150 , 000 , exclusive
of certain crown lands 1868 , numbered 608 , 850 souls , scattered urer an area
of wbich ...
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by the Athenians from the spoils of Marathon , and the See Pausanias for A
detailed description of the town in the western with similar trophies taken by the
Ætolians from second century of the Christian era ; the Ion of Euripides for many
the ...
by the Athenians from the spoils of Marathon , and the See Pausanias for A
detailed description of the town in the western with similar trophies taken by the
Ætolians from second century of the Christian era ; the Ion of Euripides for many
the ...
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| Title | The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 7. köide The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Thomas Spencer Baynes |
| Contributor | Thomas Spencer Baynes |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | H.G. Allen, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 sept. 2007 |
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