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... less quan- tity of metal than is due to the calibre of the bell though giving the same note , produces a meagre harsh sound ; and the real or fancied superiority in dignity of tone of some old bells , is ascribed to a greater weight of ...
... less quan- tity of metal than is due to the calibre of the bell though giving the same note , produces a meagre harsh sound ; and the real or fancied superiority in dignity of tone of some old bells , is ascribed to a greater weight of ...
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... less quan- tity of metal than is due to the calibre of the bell though giving the same note , produces a meagre harsh sound ; and the real or fancied superiority in dignity of tone of some old bells , is ascribed to a greater weight of ...
... less quan- tity of metal than is due to the calibre of the bell though giving the same note , produces a meagre harsh sound ; and the real or fancied superiority in dignity of tone of some old bells , is ascribed to a greater weight of ...
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... less than a mile wide ; thus the passage from the Cattegat into the Baltic is here easily commanded . Both the Belts are dangerous to navigation , on account of numerous sandbanks and strong currents ; and therefore , for large vessels ...
... less than a mile wide ; thus the passage from the Cattegat into the Baltic is here easily commanded . Both the Belts are dangerous to navigation , on account of numerous sandbanks and strong currents ; and therefore , for large vessels ...
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... less than 90 years , it had overleaped , without a break in its continuity , at once the Irrawaddy and the Indus . Benares in the one direction , was the first considerable increment , having been absorbed in 1775 ; while the last ...
... less than 90 years , it had overleaped , without a break in its continuity , at once the Irrawaddy and the Indus . Benares in the one direction , was the first considerable increment , having been absorbed in 1775 ; while the last ...
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... less consequence . His whole productions have been collected and edited by Dr Bowring and Mr John Hill Burton , and published in eleven volumes . It is well , however , for B.'s reputation , that it does not rest wholly on his collected ...
... less consequence . His whole productions have been collected and edited by Dr Bowring and Mr John Hill Burton , and published in eleven volumes . It is well , however , for B.'s reputation , that it does not rest wholly on his collected ...
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 2 Affichage du livre entier - 1886 |
Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 2 Affichage du livre entier - 1870 |
Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 2 Affichage du livre entier - 1886 |
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