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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... close , that if the tongue were suffered for a second to rest on the palate , there would be heard not i but y ; and a similar relation exists between u and w . This is commonly expressed by calling y and w semi - vowels . We might more ...
... close , that if the tongue were suffered for a second to rest on the palate , there would be heard not i but y ; and a similar relation exists between u and w . This is commonly expressed by calling y and w semi - vowels . We might more ...
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... close of 1872 , amounted to 1449 , giving a weight of upwards of 400,000 pounds . Before the erection of these buildings , private slaughter- houses were scattered all over the city , often in the most populous districts , where ...
... close of 1872 , amounted to 1449 , giving a weight of upwards of 400,000 pounds . Before the erection of these buildings , private slaughter- houses were scattered all over the city , often in the most populous districts , where ...
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... close sleeves , and a black overcoat as long as the tunic , with large and loose sleeves , the hood covering the head completely . The abbesses of the 14th and 15th centuries had adopted secular habits , and there was little to ...
... close sleeves , and a black overcoat as long as the tunic , with large and loose sleeves , the hood covering the head completely . The abbesses of the 14th and 15th centuries had adopted secular habits , and there was little to ...
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... the requirements of the new rule . The buildings of a Benedictine abbey were uniformly arranged after one plan , modified where necessary ( as at Durham and Worcester , where the monasteries stand close to. A B BE Y 11.
... the requirements of the new rule . The buildings of a Benedictine abbey were uniformly arranged after one plan , modified where necessary ( as at Durham and Worcester , where the monasteries stand close to. A B BE Y 11.
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... close to the steep bank of a river ) , to accommodate the arrange- ment to local circumstances . We have no existing examples of the earlier monasteries of the Benedictine order . They have all yielded to the ravages of time and the ...
... close to the steep bank of a river ) , to accommodate the arrange- ment to local circumstances . We have no existing examples of the earlier monasteries of the Benedictine order . They have all yielded to the ravages of time and the ...
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