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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... live like Bedouins . They are a distinct race from the Arabs , and are treacherous and faithless in their dealings . They have few horses ; when at war with other tribes , they fight from camels , their breed of which is famed . They ...
... live like Bedouins . They are a distinct race from the Arabs , and are treacherous and faithless in their dealings . They have few horses ; when at war with other tribes , they fight from camels , their breed of which is famed . They ...
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... live singly , independent of one another , at no great distance from some village , supporting them- selves by the labour of their own hands , and distributing the surplus after the supply of their own scanty wants to the poor ...
... live singly , independent of one another , at no great distance from some village , supporting them- selves by the labour of their own hands , and distributing the surplus after the supply of their own scanty wants to the poor ...
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... live on beech leaves . " — ( Mil- man's Lat . Christ . vol . iii . p . 335. ) All Cistercian monasteries , unless the circumstances of the locality forbade it , were arranged according to one plan . The general arrangement and ...
... live on beech leaves . " — ( Mil- man's Lat . Christ . vol . iii . p . 335. ) All Cistercian monasteries , unless the circumstances of the locality forbade it , were arranged according to one plan . The general arrangement and ...
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... live to enjoy the property , having died on his way from India in 1847. Its subsequent possessors have been Scott's son - in - law , J. G. Lockhart , and the latter's son - in - law , J. R. Hope Scott , Q.C. , whose daughter ( Scott's ...
... live to enjoy the property , having died on his way from India in 1847. Its subsequent possessors have been Scott's son - in - law , J. G. Lockhart , and the latter's son - in - law , J. R. Hope Scott , Q.C. , whose daughter ( Scott's ...
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... live away from St Denis before he chose the one lot that suited his present mood . In a desert place near Nogent- sur - Seine , he built himself a cabin of stubble and reeds , and turned hermit . But there fortune came back to him with ...
... live away from St Denis before he chose the one lot that suited his present mood . In a desert place near Nogent- sur - Seine , he built himself a cabin of stubble and reeds , and turned hermit . But there fortune came back to him with ...
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