Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 3W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1901 - 828 pages |
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... death's head ( Sphinxatropos ) ; ( 2 ) on trees , those of the goat- moth ( Cossus ligniperda ) , the wood leopard - moth Zeuzera æsculi ) , the buff - tip moth ( Pygara bucephala ) , the lackey - moth ( Bombyx ( clisio- campa ) ...
... death's head ( Sphinxatropos ) ; ( 2 ) on trees , those of the goat- moth ( Cossus ligniperda ) , the wood leopard - moth Zeuzera æsculi ) , the buff - tip moth ( Pygara bucephala ) , the lackey - moth ( Bombyx ( clisio- campa ) ...
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... death , after they had vainly attempted to torture her on toothed wheels , 307 A.D. Hence the name of Catharine wheel . ' No less than philosophers sent by the em- fifty heathen peror to convert her in prison were themselves converted ...
... death , after they had vainly attempted to torture her on toothed wheels , 307 A.D. Hence the name of Catharine wheel . ' No less than philosophers sent by the em- fifty heathen peror to convert her in prison were themselves converted ...
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... death . When , after the death of Charles IX . , Henry III . returned from Poland to be king of France , his mother still ruled the court , and had the principal share in all the intrigues , treacheries , and political transactions of ...
... death . When , after the death of Charles IX . , Henry III . returned from Poland to be king of France , his mother still ruled the court , and had the principal share in all the intrigues , treacheries , and political transactions of ...
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... death the hostile senators and citizens . In the course of a few hours , every- thing was made known to Cicero . Accordingly , when the chosen assassins came to the house of the consul , on pretence of a visit , they were immedi- ately ...
... death the hostile senators and citizens . In the course of a few hours , every- thing was made known to Cicero . Accordingly , when the chosen assassins came to the house of the consul , on pretence of a visit , they were immedi- ately ...
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... death had destroyed thousands of human beings ; it seems to have been similar to cattle - plague . Even in those days the stamping- out system was understood , as the diseased cattle were slaughtered , and infected herds , and the ...
... death had destroyed thousands of human beings ; it seems to have been similar to cattle - plague . Even in those days the stamping- out system was understood , as the diseased cattle were slaughtered , and infected herds , and the ...
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