The English CyclopaediaBradbury, Evans, 1867 |
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... consequence of the temporary annexation of the kingdom to that of Mercia , we have but few coins of succeeding monarchs : those only of Ethelweard , 760 , Edmund the Martyr , 855 , and Ethelstan , 860 , are known . The kingdom of North ...
... consequence of the temporary annexation of the kingdom to that of Mercia , we have but few coins of succeeding monarchs : those only of Ethelweard , 760 , Edmund the Martyr , 855 , and Ethelstan , 860 , are known . The kingdom of North ...
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... consequence will be that the balls will begin to roll on the table , even though the blows which set them in motion pass through their centres . To the existence of this friction are due many phenomena which a game of billiards will ...
... consequence will be that the balls will begin to roll on the table , even though the blows which set them in motion pass through their centres . To the existence of this friction are due many phenomena which a game of billiards will ...
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... consequence of any original right of dominion as supposed to belong to the mother country over the colony . Many of the colonies , especially the earlier ones , which were the consequence of civil war or foreign invasion , were formed ...
... consequence of any original right of dominion as supposed to belong to the mother country over the colony . Many of the colonies , especially the earlier ones , which were the consequence of civil war or foreign invasion , were formed ...
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... consequence has been that the population , becoming a mixed one , treated as inferiors by the new Spanish accessions , and feeling their own strength , have thrown off their allegiance . An essential qualification of a colony is that it ...
... consequence has been that the population , becoming a mixed one , treated as inferiors by the new Spanish accessions , and feeling their own strength , have thrown off their allegiance . An essential qualification of a colony is that it ...
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... consequence of its being simul- taneous with the capture of Constantinople by the Turks . With the view of averting the evil influence of its presence , Pope Calixtus II . ordered prayers to be offered up in all the Western churches ...
... consequence of its being simul- taneous with the capture of Constantinople by the Turks . With the view of averting the evil influence of its presence , Pope Calixtus II . ordered prayers to be offered up in all the Western churches ...
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