Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 |
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... known phrase of " belling the cat . ' Any one who openly and courageously does something to lower the offensive pretensions of a powerful and dangerous person , is said to bell the cat . ' And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ...
... known phrase of " belling the cat . ' Any one who openly and courageously does something to lower the offensive pretensions of a powerful and dangerous person , is said to bell the cat . ' And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ...
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... known by wailings and shrieks , premonitory of a death in the family over which she is presumed to exercise a kind of guardianship . The name of this tutelary demon is supposed to be from the Irish celtic ben or bean , a woman ; and ...
... known by wailings and shrieks , premonitory of a death in the family over which she is presumed to exercise a kind of guardianship . The name of this tutelary demon is supposed to be from the Irish celtic ben or bean , a woman ; and ...
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... known examples . Many of the plants of this order are spiny shrubs ; some are perennial herbaceous plants . Their leaves are alternate , their flowers sometimes solitary , sometimes in racemes or panicles . The calyx consists of 3 , 4 ...
... known examples . Many of the plants of this order are spiny shrubs ; some are perennial herbaceous plants . Their leaves are alternate , their flowers sometimes solitary , sometimes in racemes or panicles . The calyx consists of 3 , 4 ...
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... known in Europe , 200 of his apothegms having been translated in 1653 , by the missionary , Abraham Roger , in a learned work published at Nuremberg , under the quaint title , Open Gates to Hidden Heathenism . BHAGAVAD - GITA ( i . e ...
... known in Europe , 200 of his apothegms having been translated in 1653 , by the missionary , Abraham Roger , in a learned work published at Nuremberg , under the quaint title , Open Gates to Hidden Heathenism . BHAGAVAD - GITA ( i . e ...
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... known to the churches , and that the doctrinal significance of these had begun to be realised . They do not , however , demonstrate the existence of written gospels , but they prove that Christianity rest on a historic basis . Their ...
... known to the churches , and that the doctrinal significance of these had begun to be realised . They do not , however , demonstrate the existence of written gospels , but they prove that Christianity rest on a historic basis . Their ...
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