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... regarded as the inventor of the organ , and in the Roman Catholic Church her festival - day , November 22 , is celebrated with splendid music . Some of our greatest poets , as Chaucer , Dryden , and Pope , have laid poetic tributes on ...
... regarded as the inventor of the organ , and in the Roman Catholic Church her festival - day , November 22 , is celebrated with splendid music . Some of our greatest poets , as Chaucer , Dryden , and Pope , have laid poetic tributes on ...
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... regarded the British Isles as belonging to the Celtic world . They were situated outside it , and lay over against it in the sea ; still it was known to men like Julius Cæsar that certain portions of Britain were inhabited by Celts in ...
... regarded the British Isles as belonging to the Celtic world . They were situated outside it , and lay over against it in the sea ; still it was known to men like Julius Cæsar that certain portions of Britain were inhabited by Celts in ...
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... regarded as the highest dignity in the state , except the dictator- ship . It was a sacred and irresponsible magis- tracy , whose powers were vast and undefined , and whose decisions were received with solemn rever- ence . The census or ...
... regarded as the highest dignity in the state , except the dictator- ship . It was a sacred and irresponsible magis- tracy , whose powers were vast and undefined , and whose decisions were received with solemn rever- ence . The census or ...
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... regarded with incredulity . Cerate ( Lat . cera , wax ' ) , a compound of wax with other oily and medicinal substances in such proportions as to have the consistence of an Oint- ment ( q.v. ) . Simple cerate is made by melting together ...
... regarded with incredulity . Cerate ( Lat . cera , wax ' ) , a compound of wax with other oily and medicinal substances in such proportions as to have the consistence of an Oint- ment ( q.v. ) . Simple cerate is made by melting together ...
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... regarded as constituting a distinct family , Cestraciontidæ , al- though not more than four species are known as now existing . It is characterised by having two dorsal fins and one anal , the first dorsal situated over the space ...
... regarded as constituting a distinct family , Cestraciontidæ , al- though not more than four species are known as now existing . It is characterised by having two dorsal fins and one anal , the first dorsal situated over the space ...
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