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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... land to the north of the Alps and the east of the Jura , having a general elevation of from 1200 to 1500 feet . The hills do not rise to any greater height than 1800 feet above this table - land , or 3000 feet above the level of the sea ...
... land to the north of the Alps and the east of the Jura , having a general elevation of from 1200 to 1500 feet . The hills do not rise to any greater height than 1800 feet above this table - land , or 3000 feet above the level of the sea ...
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... land , with an average of 50 acres each , and Buchan , a basin in which the sea , entering by a natural paying about £ 536,000 in rent . Of the 585,299 acres of arch , boils up violently in stormy weather . Buchan Ness the county in ...
... land , with an average of 50 acres each , and Buchan , a basin in which the sea , entering by a natural paying about £ 536,000 in rent . Of the 585,299 acres of arch , boils up violently in stormy weather . Buchan Ness the county in ...
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... Land . Journey- ing south - west to Canaan with his wife and nephew , he arrived at Sichem , at the oak of the seer or prophet , where Jehovah appeared to him , assuring him for the first time that his seed should possess the land he ...
... Land . Journey- ing south - west to Canaan with his wife and nephew , he arrived at Sichem , at the oak of the seer or prophet , where Jehovah appeared to him , assuring him for the first time that his seed should possess the land he ...
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... land counts several mountains , which shall I ascend ? " " The top of the mountain where thou shalt see my glory veiled in the clouds , " & c . ( Beer , pp . 59 , 60. ) The Arabic legends about Ibrahim are mostly taken from the Jewish ...
... land counts several mountains , which shall I ascend ? " " The top of the mountain where thou shalt see my glory veiled in the clouds , " & c . ( Beer , pp . 59 , 60. ) The Arabic legends about Ibrahim are mostly taken from the Jewish ...
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... land being low , numerous villas have been erected in the neigh- bourhood . The population of the parish increased from 3151 in 1861 to 8306 in 1871 . ACTON , SIR JOHN FRANCIS EDWARD , son of Edward Acton , who practised as a physician ...
... land being low , numerous villas have been erected in the neigh- bourhood . The population of the parish increased from 3151 in 1861 to 8306 in 1871 . ACTON , SIR JOHN FRANCIS EDWARD , son of Edward Acton , who practised as a physician ...
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