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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- gruous , and therefore ludicrous idea is unexpectedly shot into the sentence . One or two examples will make the matter clearer than any definition . Two persons looking at a beggar - boy with an extraordi- nary ...
... means of which an incon- gruous , and therefore ludicrous idea is unexpectedly shot into the sentence . One or two examples will make the matter clearer than any definition . Two persons looking at a beggar - boy with an extraordi- nary ...
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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 Trees are few in number and small , and fuel is so scarce , that cow - dung is much With an efficient system of agriculture , however , the territories of this part of India might be ...
... means of irrigation . The indigenous vegetation Trees are few in number and small , and fuel is so scarce , that cow - dung is much With an efficient system of agriculture , however , the territories of this part of India might be ...
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... means that which has five interested in submitting to its sway the popular ( panchan ) characteristic marks ' ( lakshan'a ) ; and the scholiasts of that vocabulary agree in stat- ing that these lakshan'as are : 1. Primary crea- tion ...
... means that which has five interested in submitting to its sway the popular ( panchan ) characteristic marks ' ( lakshan'a ) ; and the scholiasts of that vocabulary agree in stat- ing that these lakshan'as are : 1. Primary crea- tion ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1868 |
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1896 |
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1873 |
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