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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... Various works in prose and verse are attributed to Abaris by Suidas and others , but of these we have no certain information . ABATEMENT , ABATE , from the French abattre , abater , to throw down , demolish . The original meaning of the ...
... Various works in prose and verse are attributed to Abaris by Suidas and others , but of these we have no certain information . ABATEMENT , ABATE , from the French abattre , abater , to throw down , demolish . The original meaning of the ...
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... various buildings . The infirmary for sick monks , with the physician's house and physic gar- den , lies to the east . In the same group with the infirmary is the school for the novices . The outer school , with its head - master's ...
... various buildings . The infirmary for sick monks , with the physician's house and physic gar- den , lies to the east . In the same group with the infirmary is the school for the novices . The outer school , with its head - master's ...
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... Various deriva- tions of this name have been suggested ; but there can be scarcely any doubt that the usual derivation ( ab origine ) is correct , and that the word simply indicated a settled tribe , whose origin and earlier history ...
... Various deriva- tions of this name have been suggested ; but there can be scarcely any doubt that the usual derivation ( ab origine ) is correct , and that the word simply indicated a settled tribe , whose origin and earlier history ...
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... various heights , one of which is the Gran Sasso . There are no plains ; but among the mountains are some beautiful and fruitful valleys , watered by the various streams that run through them . None of the rivers are navigable . The ...
... various heights , one of which is the Gran Sasso . There are no plains ; but among the mountains are some beautiful and fruitful valleys , watered by the various streams that run through them . None of the rivers are navigable . The ...
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... various kinds of valuable medicinal plants are common . Most of the domestic animals of Europe are found here . The cattle are in general small , and the oxen belong to the humped race . The famous Galla oxen have horns some- times four ...
... various kinds of valuable medicinal plants are common . Most of the domestic animals of Europe are found here . The cattle are in general small , and the oxen belong to the humped race . The famous Galla oxen have horns some- times four ...
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