Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 3J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 |
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... ancient C. was constituted or composed , is not known with any certainty . Possibly , it was only a kind of rhythmical declama- tion , and doubtless very simple . It was accom- panied by flutes in unison . With the decline of the ancient ...
... ancient C. was constituted or composed , is not known with any certainty . Possibly , it was only a kind of rhythmical declama- tion , and doubtless very simple . It was accom- panied by flutes in unison . With the decline of the ancient ...
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... ancient authors . According to him , C. was tall , had beautiful eyes , but the eyebrows meet- ing ; a regular nose , flowing locks , a black beard , and a sandy or straw - coloured complexion , like his mother . Among the most ancient ...
... ancient authors . According to him , C. was tall , had beautiful eyes , but the eyebrows meet- ing ; a regular nose , flowing locks , a black beard , and a sandy or straw - coloured complexion , like his mother . Among the most ancient ...
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... ancient chronologers , by determining and such vague periods as a generation , ' or the certain epochs by means partly of astronomical lifetime of leading persons in a nation , such as the calculations , and partly of the critical ...
... ancient chronologers , by determining and such vague periods as a generation , ' or the certain epochs by means partly of astronomical lifetime of leading persons in a nation , such as the calculations , and partly of the critical ...
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... ancient , and probably borrowed from the custom of adorning the wooden images of the earliest time with the precious ... ancients . CHRY'SOLITE ( Gr . golden - stone ) , a mineral composed of silica , magnesia , and protoxide of iron ...
... ancient , and probably borrowed from the custom of adorning the wooden images of the earliest time with the precious ... ancients . CHRY'SOLITE ( Gr . golden - stone ) , a mineral composed of silica , magnesia , and protoxide of iron ...
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... ancient count of the Saxon coast ( Comes littoris Saxonici ) , exercised jurisdiction , civil , military , and naval , uniting in his single fieutenant , and admiral . Privileges equal to those person the functions of sheriff , custos ...
... ancient count of the Saxon coast ( Comes littoris Saxonici ) , exercised jurisdiction , civil , military , and naval , uniting in his single fieutenant , and admiral . Privileges equal to those person the functions of sheriff , custos ...
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