Chambers's Encyclopaedia: Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the PeopleW. and R. Chambers, 1874 |
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... lower part of the reverse is distinctly separated from the main device , it is called the exergue ( Gr . ex ergou , without the work ) , and often bears a secondary inscription , with the date or place of mintage . The field is the ...
... lower part of the reverse is distinctly separated from the main device , it is called the exergue ( Gr . ex ergou , without the work ) , and often bears a secondary inscription , with the date or place of mintage . The field is the ...
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... lower empire . Some of the early pieces have a rude head of the monarch on one side , and of the emperor on the other . Afterwards , the obverse bears the profile of the monarch , and the reverse cross of some description , with the ...
... lower empire . Some of the early pieces have a rude head of the monarch on one side , and of the emperor on the other . Afterwards , the obverse bears the profile of the monarch , and the reverse cross of some description , with the ...
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... lower part of it invested by the cup . The species chiefly in gargles , & c . , on account of its astringency , are very numerous , natives of temperate and tropical sometimes also as a tonic ; it is used along with countries . A few ...
... lower part of it invested by the cup . The species chiefly in gargles , & c . , on account of its astringency , are very numerous , natives of temperate and tropical sometimes also as a tonic ; it is used along with countries . A few ...
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... lower of a fish , or as a man covered with a fish's body , have been found in the sculptures of Kouyunjik and Khorsabad , as well as on many cylinders and gems . O. is supposed to have symbolised the conquest of Babylonia by a more ...
... lower of a fish , or as a man covered with a fish's body , have been found in the sculptures of Kouyunjik and Khorsabad , as well as on many cylinders and gems . O. is supposed to have symbolised the conquest of Babylonia by a more ...
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... lower palea is much pro- longed , and instead of merely being bifid at the point , as in the other oats , is divided into two long teeth , extending into bristles . The panicle is inclined to one side , very little branched ; the ...
... lower palea is much pro- longed , and instead of merely being bifid at the point , as in the other oats , is divided into two long teeth , extending into bristles . The panicle is inclined to one side , very little branched ; the ...
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