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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... kind . The distinctive feature of the work was that it gave a connected view of the more important subjects under a single heading , instead of breaking them up into a number of shorter articles . This method of arrangement had a ...
... kind . The distinctive feature of the work was that it gave a connected view of the more important subjects under a single heading , instead of breaking them up into a number of shorter articles . This method of arrangement had a ...
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... kind . It occu- pies a space of some 20 acres on the high land near the Pen- tonville prison , and is open to both native and foreign cattle , excepting beasts from foreign countries under quarantine . In connection with the Islington ...
... kind . It occu- pies a space of some 20 acres on the high land near the Pen- tonville prison , and is open to both native and foreign cattle , excepting beasts from foreign countries under quarantine . In connection with the Islington ...
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... kind of appointment , whereby the living was com- mended to some one till a proper election could take place , though ostensibly provisional , really put the nomi- nee in full and permanent possession of the benefice . He received about ...
... kind of appointment , whereby the living was com- mended to some one till a proper election could take place , though ostensibly provisional , really put the nomi- nee in full and permanent possession of the benefice . He received about ...
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... kind of peniten- tiary . Here they were placed under the authority of a prior , and were condemned to severe manual labour , ful- filling the duties usually executed by the lay brothers , who acted as farm - servants . The outlying ...
... kind of peniten- tiary . Here they were placed under the authority of a prior , and were condemned to severe manual labour , ful- filling the duties usually executed by the lay brothers , who acted as farm - servants . The outlying ...
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... kind of corn called tocussa , of which a black bread is made , which constitutes the food of the lower classes . Coffee grows wild on the western mountains , and the vine and sugar - cane are cultivated in favourable localities . Cotton ...
... kind of corn called tocussa , of which a black bread is made , which constitutes the food of the lower classes . Coffee grows wild on the western mountains , and the vine and sugar - cane are cultivated in favourable localities . Cotton ...
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