The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 - 908 pages |
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... character . All vowels may be defined as open positions of the speech - organs , in which the breath escapes without any stoppage , friction , or sibilation arising from the con- tact of those organs , whereas consonants are heard when ...
... character . All vowels may be defined as open positions of the speech - organs , in which the breath escapes without any stoppage , friction , or sibilation arising from the con- tact of those organs , whereas consonants are heard when ...
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... character of this house , probably , at the time of its erection , the most spacious house of a subject in the kingdom , not a castle , bespeaks the wide departure of the Cistercian order from the stern simplicity of the original ...
... character of this house , probably , at the time of its erection , the most spacious house of a subject in the kingdom , not a castle , bespeaks the wide departure of the Cistercian order from the stern simplicity of the original ...
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... character , classical monograph Abelard ( 1845 ) , has given extracts , uttering no word under the doom that had fallen upon her remains in manuscript . youth ; but now , at last , the occasion came for expressing all the pent - up ...
... character , classical monograph Abelard ( 1845 ) , has given extracts , uttering no word under the doom that had fallen upon her remains in manuscript . youth ; but now , at last , the occasion came for expressing all the pent - up ...
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... character , though the accounts of his life have mythical elements intermingled with much that is tradi- tional or legendary . The difficulty of separating the historic from the merely traditional , hinders the presentation of a natural ...
... character , though the accounts of his life have mythical elements intermingled with much that is tradi- tional or legendary . The difficulty of separating the historic from the merely traditional , hinders the presentation of a natural ...
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... character ; the plateaux have a flora of the same character ; while on the lower slopes of the hills and in the ravines occur many trees and shrubs of warmer climes . " The general appearance of the plateaux and plains is that of a ...
... character ; the plateaux have a flora of the same character ; while on the lower slopes of the hills and in the ravines occur many trees and shrubs of warmer climes . " The general appearance of the plateaux and plains is that of a ...
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