A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Τόμος 1Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... antiquity , of whom a great number of fabu- lous stories are told ; such as , that he received a present of a miraculous arrow from Apollo , with which he travelled without taking food ; that he could foretel earthquakes , allay ...
... antiquity , of whom a great number of fabu- lous stories are told ; such as , that he received a present of a miraculous arrow from Apollo , with which he travelled without taking food ; that he could foretel earthquakes , allay ...
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... antiquity . In 1613 , however , he opposed that favourite object of the king's , the divorce between lady Frances Howard , and Robert , earl of Essex ; and in 1618 , the royal declaration permitting Sunday sports , which he prohibited ...
... antiquity . In 1613 , however , he opposed that favourite object of the king's , the divorce between lady Frances Howard , and Robert , earl of Essex ; and in 1618 , the royal declaration permitting Sunday sports , which he prohibited ...
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... antiquity : there is an agreement yet extant , between the abbot and the burghers of Aberbrothock , in 1194 , concerning the making of the harbour . Both parties were bound to contribute their proportions ; but the largest fell to the ...
... antiquity : there is an agreement yet extant , between the abbot and the burghers of Aberbrothock , in 1194 , concerning the making of the harbour . Both parties were bound to contribute their proportions ; but the largest fell to the ...
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... antiquity , and was of some importance so long ago as 893 , when , tradition says , king Gregory conferred upon it some particular privi- leges . A bishopric , founded at Mortlich by Malcolm II . was translated to Aberdeen by David I ...
... antiquity , and was of some importance so long ago as 893 , when , tradition says , king Gregory conferred upon it some particular privi- leges . A bishopric , founded at Mortlich by Malcolm II . was translated to Aberdeen by David I ...
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... antiquities . ABLANCOURT , ( PERROT , D ' , ) See PERROT . ABLANIA , in botany , the trichocarpus genus of Linnæus ... antiquity , those parts of the entrails of victims , which were offered in sacrifice . They were sprinkled with ...
... antiquities . ABLANCOURT , ( PERROT , D ' , ) See PERROT . ABLANIA , in botany , the trichocarpus genus of Linnæus ... antiquity , those parts of the entrails of victims , which were offered in sacrifice . They were sprinkled with ...
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