The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1879 |
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... common consent allowed to be that almost cosmopolitan species to which unfortunately the English epithet " peregrine " ( i.e. , strange or wandering ) has been attached . It is the Falco peregrinus of Tunstall ( 1771 ) and of most ...
... common consent allowed to be that almost cosmopolitan species to which unfortunately the English epithet " peregrine " ( i.e. , strange or wandering ) has been attached . It is the Falco peregrinus of Tunstall ( 1771 ) and of most ...
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... common . The darker markings of their plumage are longi- tudinal before the first real moult takes place , and for ever afterwards are transverse . In other words , when young the markings are in form of stripes , when old in form of ...
... common . The darker markings of their plumage are longi- tudinal before the first real moult takes place , and for ever afterwards are transverse . In other words , when young the markings are in form of stripes , when old in form of ...
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... common English vegetables will not pro- duce seed in the gardens . Still the inhabitants seem to get accustomed to their moist , chilly surroundings , and the colony is remarkably healthy . The Falkland Islands form essentially a part ...
... common English vegetables will not pro- duce seed in the gardens . Still the inhabitants seem to get accustomed to their moist , chilly surroundings , and the colony is remarkably healthy . The Falkland Islands form essentially a part ...
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... common theory of the growth of society . On the other side , the following facts are to be noticed : - ( 1 ) In many barbarous communities the family , in our sense of the word , does not exist . ( 2 ) The traditions of civilized races ...
... common theory of the growth of society . On the other side , the following facts are to be noticed : - ( 1 ) In many barbarous communities the family , in our sense of the word , does not exist . ( 2 ) The traditions of civilized races ...
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... common religious rights peculiar to themselves , and at one time having a right to inherit property . All these things point to consciousness of distant blood - relationship . Still one feature of the ghotra seems absent . It is hardly ...
... common religious rights peculiar to themselves , and at one time having a right to inherit property . All these things point to consciousness of distant blood - relationship . Still one feature of the ghotra seems absent . It is hardly ...
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