The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1879 |
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... Roman Law , University College , London . FREDERICK THE GREAT . JAMES SIME , M.A. , author of " History of Germany . " FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND . Rev. J. SUTHER- LAND BLACK , M.A. FREEMASONRY . W. C. SMITH , LL.B. FREE TRADE . Prof ...
... Roman Law , University College , London . FREDERICK THE GREAT . JAMES SIME , M.A. , author of " History of Germany . " FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND . Rev. J. SUTHER- LAND BLACK , M.A. FREEMASONRY . W. C. SMITH , LL.B. FREE TRADE . Prof ...
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... Roman arms , and after a siege from Camillus they were obliged to surrender their city . The episode of the traitor schoolmaster and the generosity of the Roman commander need only be mentioned to be generally remembered . From this ...
... Roman arms , and after a siege from Camillus they were obliged to surrender their city . The episode of the traitor schoolmaster and the generosity of the Roman commander need only be mentioned to be generally remembered . From this ...
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... Roman Catholics . and Bainsford , and extend thence to Carron , which lies about two miles N. of the town , and is celebrated for its iron - works . Though Falkirk is not itself a manufacturing town , yet in the neighbourhood there are ...
... Roman Catholics . and Bainsford , and extend thence to Carron , which lies about two miles N. of the town , and is celebrated for its iron - works . Though Falkirk is not itself a manufacturing town , yet in the neighbourhood there are ...
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... Roman familia , derived from the Oscan famel ( servus ) , originally signified the servile property , the thralls , of a master . Next , the term denoted other domestic property , in things as well as in persons . Thus , in the fifth of ...
... Roman familia , derived from the Oscan famel ( servus ) , originally signified the servile property , the thralls , of a master . Next , the term denoted other domestic property , in things as well as in persons . Thus , in the fifth of ...
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... Roman genealogies do not , as it is said , show us examples of marriages between persons of the same gens . More to the point is Plutarch's statement ( Hepi aitíwv ' Pwμaïkŵv ) , " In times past it was unlawful for Romans to marry women ...
... Roman genealogies do not , as it is said , show us examples of marriages between persons of the same gens . More to the point is Plutarch's statement ( Hepi aitíwv ' Pwμaïkŵv ) , " In times past it was unlawful for Romans to marry women ...
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