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... means of a noose at the end of a rod . Their food consists of small crustaceans and fishes . -Other species are found in different parts of the world ; one in Kamtchatka , the Kurile Islands , & c . , with two silky tufts of long ...
... means of a noose at the end of a rod . Their food consists of small crustaceans and fishes . -Other species are found in different parts of the world ; one in Kamtchatka , the Kurile Islands , & c . , with two silky tufts of long ...
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... means of which an incon- and therefore ludicrous idea is unexpectedly P. , who flies for his life , mounts his steed ; been found , police - officers enter the dwelling of gruous , shot into the sentence . One or two examples will make ...
... means of which an incon- and therefore ludicrous idea is unexpectedly P. , who flies for his life , mounts his steed ; been found , police - officers enter the dwelling of gruous , shot into the sentence . One or two examples will make ...
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... means of certain marks called points , a great help to the clear exhibition of the meaning and to the pleasant reading of what is written . The ancients were not acquainted with the use of points , or used them very little , and only ...
... means of certain marks called points , a great help to the clear exhibition of the meaning and to the pleasant reading of what is written . The ancients were not acquainted with the use of points , or used them very little , and only ...
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... means of irrigation . The indigenous vegetation of the P. is meagre . Trees are few in number and small , and fuel is so scarce , that cow - dung is much used in its stead . With an efficient system of agriculture , however , the ...
... means of irrigation . The indigenous vegetation of the P. is meagre . Trees are few in number and small , and fuel is so scarce , that cow - dung is much used in its stead . With an efficient system of agriculture , however , the ...
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... means which had to serve its ends . The plea on which the composition of the Purân'as was justified even by great Hindu authorities - probably because they did not feel equal to the task of destroying a system already deeply rooted in ...
... means which had to serve its ends . The plea on which the composition of the Purân'as was justified even by great Hindu authorities - probably because they did not feel equal to the task of destroying a system already deeply rooted in ...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1868 |
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