The English CyclopaediaBradbury, Evans, 1867 |
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... increased violence . They are often relieved by pressure , a character by which they are distinguished from pain occasioned by inflammation , the latter being always increased by pres- sure . The pain is usually attended with a greater ...
... increased violence . They are often relieved by pressure , a character by which they are distinguished from pain occasioned by inflammation , the latter being always increased by pres- sure . The pain is usually attended with a greater ...
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... increased speed and the sharpness of stems , vessels at sea are really and daily in danger of being literally cut in two . In reading tales of chivalry , our horror may have been deep at the description of prowess and strength which ...
... increased speed and the sharpness of stems , vessels at sea are really and daily in danger of being literally cut in two . In reading tales of chivalry , our horror may have been deep at the description of prowess and strength which ...
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... increased . In both these countries the sea afforded a facility for trans- ferring a part of their superabundant citizens , with their families and moveables , and their arms , to some foreign coast , either uninhabited or COLONY . 30 ...
... increased . In both these countries the sea afforded a facility for trans- ferring a part of their superabundant citizens , with their families and moveables , and their arms , to some foreign coast , either uninhabited or COLONY . 30 ...
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... increased , became colonisers in their turn . The enterprising mariners of Phocæa formed various colonies , the most celebrated of which is Massilia on the south coast of Gaul . The Chalcidians of Euboea founded Cumæ , on the west coast ...
... increased , became colonisers in their turn . The enterprising mariners of Phocæa formed various colonies , the most celebrated of which is Massilia on the south coast of Gaul . The Chalcidians of Euboea founded Cumæ , on the west coast ...
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... increased most wonder- fully since the separation , and probably more rapidly than it would have increased under the colonial system . This being the case , a similar increase might be anticipated in the trade with all those foreign ...
... increased most wonder- fully since the separation , and probably more rapidly than it would have increased under the colonial system . This being the case , a similar increase might be anticipated in the trade with all those foreign ...
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