The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1879 |
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... period of its first appearance . There appears to be little doubt that it was practised in Asia at a very remote period , for which we have the concurrent testimony of various Chinese and Japanese works , some of the latter being most ...
... period of its first appearance . There appears to be little doubt that it was practised in Asia at a very remote period , for which we have the concurrent testimony of various Chinese and Japanese works , some of the latter being most ...
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... period . Thus flies and locusts were among the plagues of Egypt , and concerning the latter we read ( Ex . x . 14 , 15 ) : " Very grievous were they ; before them there were no such locusts as they , neither after them shall be such ...
... period . Thus flies and locusts were among the plagues of Egypt , and concerning the latter we read ( Ex . x . 14 , 15 ) : " Very grievous were they ; before them there were no such locusts as they , neither after them shall be such ...
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... period . Klingstet , a Dutch artist , enjoyed a consider- able reputation for his fans from the latter part of the 17th and the first thirty years of the 18th century . The revocation of the edict of Nantes drove many fan- makers out of ...
... period . Klingstet , a Dutch artist , enjoyed a consider- able reputation for his fans from the latter part of the 17th and the first thirty years of the 18th century . The revocation of the edict of Nantes drove many fan- makers out of ...
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... period of Faraday's electrical discoveries lasted ten years . In 1841 he found that he required rest , and it was not till 1845 that he entered on his second great period of research , in which he discovered the effect of magnet- ism on ...
... period of Faraday's electrical discoveries lasted ten years . In 1841 he found that he required rest , and it was not till 1845 that he entered on his second great period of research , in which he discovered the effect of magnet- ism on ...
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... period private fasting was much practised by the pious , and encouraged by the religious sentiment of the time ( see Judith viii . 6 ; Tob . xii . 8 , and context ; Sirach xxxiv . 26 ; Luke ii . 37 , and xviii . 12 ) . The last ...
... period private fasting was much practised by the pious , and encouraged by the religious sentiment of the time ( see Judith viii . 6 ; Tob . xii . 8 , and context ; Sirach xxxiv . 26 ; Luke ii . 37 , and xviii . 12 ) . The last ...
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