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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... important victory over the Austrians on the 20th of April 1809. The town is the Abusina of the Romans , and ancient ruins exist in its neighbourhood . ABERAVON , a parliamentary and municipal borough of Wales , in the county of ...
... important victory over the Austrians on the 20th of April 1809. The town is the Abusina of the Romans , and ancient ruins exist in its neighbourhood . ABERAVON , a parliamentary and municipal borough of Wales , in the county of ...
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... important part he took in originating and supporting the metaphysical opinions of the Scottish philosophy of com- United Industrial School in Edinburgh for ragged children , mon sense . Of this early metaphysician nothing biographi ...
... important part he took in originating and supporting the metaphysical opinions of the Scottish philosophy of com- United Industrial School in Edinburgh for ragged children , mon sense . Of this early metaphysician nothing biographi ...
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... important services , was appointed to the command of the regiment of Scots Greys , intrusted with the governments of the Isle of Wight , Fort George , and Fort Augustus , and raised to the rank of lieu- tenant - general . He held , in ...
... important services , was appointed to the command of the regiment of Scots Greys , intrusted with the governments of the Isle of Wight , Fort George , and Fort Augustus , and raised to the rank of lieu- tenant - general . He held , in ...
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... important place in the 12th century . William the Lion had a residence in the city , to which he gave a char- ter in 1179 , confirming the corporate rights granted by David I. The city received many subsequent royal charters . It was ...
... important place in the 12th century . William the Lion had a residence in the city , to which he gave a char- ter in 1179 , confirming the corporate rights granted by David I. The city received many subsequent royal charters . It was ...
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... important congregation in Antrim ; and after an interval of two years , he was ordained there on 8th August 1703. His admiring biographer tells of an amount and kind of work done there , such as only a man of fecund brain , of large ...
... important congregation in Antrim ; and after an interval of two years , he was ordained there on 8th August 1703. His admiring biographer tells of an amount and kind of work done there , such as only a man of fecund brain , of large ...
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