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, Band 1Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... latter west- ward . ABA , or ABÆ , in ancient geography , a town of Phocis in Greece , near Helicon , famous for an oracle of Apollo , older than that at Delphi ; as well as for a rich temple , plundered and burnt by the Persians . See ...
... latter west- ward . ABA , or ABÆ , in ancient geography , a town of Phocis in Greece , near Helicon , famous for an oracle of Apollo , older than that at Delphi ; as well as for a rich temple , plundered and burnt by the Persians . See ...
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... latter are seculars , though they are obliged by their bulls to take orders when of proper age . Anciently the ceremony of creating an abbot consisted in clothing him with the habit , called cuculus , or cowl ; putting the pastoral ...
... latter are seculars , though they are obliged by their bulls to take orders when of proper age . Anciently the ceremony of creating an abbot consisted in clothing him with the habit , called cuculus , or cowl ; putting the pastoral ...
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... latter passing over an arch , the space of which is 132 feet , and its width between the parapet 40 feet . The buildings , which are of granite from the neighbouring quarries , are generally four stories high ; and have , for the most ...
... latter passing over an arch , the space of which is 132 feet , and its width between the parapet 40 feet . The buildings , which are of granite from the neighbouring quarries , are generally four stories high ; and have , for the most ...
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... latter expresses the action of giving . In English , French , & c . there is no precise mark whereby to distinguish the ablative from other cases ; and we only use the term in analogy to the Latin . Thus , in the two phrases , " the ...
... latter expresses the action of giving . In English , French , & c . there is no precise mark whereby to distinguish the ablative from other cases ; and we only use the term in analogy to the Latin . Thus , in the two phrases , " the ...
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... latter at Leyden in 1732. His Annals of Mahometanism , a work in high estimation , was published with a Latin ver- sion at Copenhagen , in 5 vols . 4to . in 1789- 1794. He was a soldier as well as a scholar , and served in several ...
... latter at Leyden in 1732. His Annals of Mahometanism , a work in high estimation , was published with a Latin ver- sion at Copenhagen , in 5 vols . 4to . in 1789- 1794. He was a soldier as well as a scholar , and served in several ...
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