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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... nearly £ 82,000 , and the expenditure slightly greater . There is a public debt of about £ 40,000 . The canton is divided into eleven districts , and these again are subdivided into forty - eight circles . There is a court of law for ...
... nearly £ 82,000 , and the expenditure slightly greater . There is a public debt of about £ 40,000 . The canton is divided into eleven districts , and these again are subdivided into forty - eight circles . There is a court of law for ...
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... Nearly the whole of the abbey buildings , including the magnificent church , were swept away at the close of the last century . When the annexed ground - plan was taken , shortly before its destruction , nearly all the monastery , with ...
... Nearly the whole of the abbey buildings , including the magnificent church , were swept away at the close of the last century . When the annexed ground - plan was taken , shortly before its destruction , nearly all the monastery , with ...
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... nearly level streets ( Union Street and King Street , meet- ing in Castle Street ) , and by the subsequent laying out of many others , besides squares , terraces , & c . , on nearly flat ground . The city is above eight miles in circuit ...
... nearly level streets ( Union Street and King Street , meet- ing in Castle Street ) , and by the subsequent laying out of many others , besides squares , terraces , & c . , on nearly flat ground . The city is above eight miles in circuit ...
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... nearly 48,000 sittings . There are 10 Established churches ; 20 Free , 6 Episcopalian , 6 United Presbyterian , 5 Congre- gational , 2 Baptist , 2 Methodist , 2 Evangelical Union , 1 Unitarian , 1 of Roman Catholic , 1 of Friends , and ...
... nearly 48,000 sittings . There are 10 Established churches ; 20 Free , 6 Episcopalian , 6 United Presbyterian , 5 Congre- gational , 2 Baptist , 2 Methodist , 2 Evangelical Union , 1 Unitarian , 1 of Roman Catholic , 1 of Friends , and ...
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... nearly all rebuilt 1718-1723 , and from being 14 feet wide , it was in 1842 made 26 feet wide . From Castle Street , King Street leads in the direction of the new bridge of Don ( a little east of the old " Brig o ' Balgownie " ) , of ...
... nearly all rebuilt 1718-1723 , and from being 14 feet wide , it was in 1842 made 26 feet wide . From Castle Street , King Street leads in the direction of the new bridge of Don ( a little east of the old " Brig o ' Balgownie " ) , of ...
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