Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 |
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... causes of this efficacious attribute of our active nature . What are the influences that determine us to adopt some ... cause one creed to prevail rather than another , as we see in those countries and in those ages where there has been ...
... causes of this efficacious attribute of our active nature . What are the influences that determine us to adopt some ... cause one creed to prevail rather than another , as we see in those countries and in those ages where there has been ...
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... cause of shipwreck , and , according to tradition , the abbot of Aberbrothwick ( Arbroath ) placed a bell on it , fixed upon a tree or timber , which rang continually , being moved by the sea , giving notice to the saylers of the danger ...
... cause of shipwreck , and , according to tradition , the abbot of Aberbrothwick ( Arbroath ) placed a bell on it , fixed upon a tree or timber , which rang continually , being moved by the sea , giving notice to the saylers of the danger ...
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... cause , corruption ensues with extraordinary rapidity . B. is , however , of great value in medicine , soothing irritation and pain , particularly in nervous maladies , and is adminis- tered both internally and externally , in the form ...
... cause , corruption ensues with extraordinary rapidity . B. is , however , of great value in medicine , soothing irritation and pain , particularly in nervous maladies , and is adminis- tered both internally and externally , in the form ...
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... cause the youth to be slain . This , however , Iobates was reluctant to do in a direct way , as B. was his guest . He consequently imposed upon B. the seemingly impossible task of slaying the formidable Chimæra ( q . v . ) . B ...
... cause the youth to be slain . This , however , Iobates was reluctant to do in a direct way , as B. was his guest . He consequently imposed upon B. the seemingly impossible task of slaying the formidable Chimæra ( q . v . ) . B ...
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... causes must be added a cause of more general character - the difference of elevation . Hence , wheat and barley , for instance , grow only on the higher grounds , while rice cannot thrive unless within the range of the inundations ...
... causes must be added a cause of more general character - the difference of elevation . Hence , wheat and barley , for instance , grow only on the higher grounds , while rice cannot thrive unless within the range of the inundations ...
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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 |
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