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... passed by weight , no piece being adjusted to any precise weight , and all money being weighed when exchanged . Early metallic money was in the form of bars , spikes , and rings ; the ring money could be opened , closed , and linked in ...
... passed by weight , no piece being adjusted to any precise weight , and all money being weighed when exchanged . Early metallic money was in the form of bars , spikes , and rings ; the ring money could be opened , closed , and linked in ...
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... passed from the larva into the pupa state . The form , however , is so spider . like , that these insects were at first ranked among the Arachnida . The few species known are all parasitic on bats , on which they run about with great ...
... passed from the larva into the pupa state . The form , however , is so spider . like , that these insects were at first ranked among the Arachnida . The few species known are all parasitic on bats , on which they run about with great ...
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... passed through the desert a nine days ' journey before he reached the Temple of Ammon , the priests of which declared him the son of that god , and the future conqueror of the entire world . Herodotus describes that of El Wah , or the ...
... passed through the desert a nine days ' journey before he reached the Temple of Ammon , the priests of which declared him the son of that god , and the future conqueror of the entire world . Herodotus describes that of El Wah , or the ...
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... passed to Trinity College , Cam- bridge , took orders , and received a small living from the Duke of Norfolk . This position , however , he forfeited , in consequence of a malicious prosecu tion , in which he narrowly escaped conviction ...
... passed to Trinity College , Cam- bridge , took orders , and received a small living from the Duke of Norfolk . This position , however , he forfeited , in consequence of a malicious prosecu tion , in which he narrowly escaped conviction ...
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... passed , A statute passed in the time of Will IV . , dispensing with the formality of an oath in most of the government offices , and substituting a declaration insteal thereof . The lawfulness and fitness of the practice , under ...
... passed , A statute passed in the time of Will IV . , dispensing with the formality of an oath in most of the government offices , and substituting a declaration insteal thereof . The lawfulness and fitness of the practice , under ...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 5 Affichage du livre entier - 1889 |
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