The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1879 |
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... fact that the Falashas know nothing of either the Babylonian or Jerusalem Tal- mud , make no use of the tephilin , and observe neither the feast of Purim nor the dedication of the temple . They pos- sess - not in Hebrew , of which they ...
... fact that the Falashas know nothing of either the Babylonian or Jerusalem Tal- mud , make no use of the tephilin , and observe neither the feast of Purim nor the dedication of the temple . They pos- sess - not in Hebrew , of which they ...
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... fact that 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 ...
... fact that 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 ...
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... fact , the only gentes we declares that the Polynesians have not the gens ( for he know , the Roman gentes , show scarcely a trace of exogamy . thinks them not sufficiently advanced ) , Mr Gill has shown Again , " the change of ...
... fact , the only gentes we declares that the Polynesians have not the gens ( for he know , the Roman gentes , show scarcely a trace of exogamy . thinks them not sufficiently advanced ) , Mr Gill has shown Again , " the change of ...
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... fact that the Indian empire , as a whole , produces year by year sufficient food for its aggregate population . The food supply fails at certain points ; and there are no adequate means of transportation between the suffering provinces ...
... fact that the Indian empire , as a whole , produces year by year sufficient food for its aggregate population . The food supply fails at certain points ; and there are no adequate means of transportation between the suffering provinces ...
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... fact that of no poet of his age do we possess more copious materials for biography than of Fanshawe . He was a very tall courtly man , with short curling brown hair , and fine eyes . As an original poet we have very little means of ...
... fact that of no poet of his age do we possess more copious materials for biography than of Fanshawe . He was a very tall courtly man , with short curling brown hair , and fine eyes . As an original poet we have very little means of ...
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