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Pagina 3
... known to have yielded that substance . The notion of amber being found in islands gave rise to the belief in the existence of the Electrides at the mouth of the Po , at the extremity of the Adriatic ( Aristot . ib .; Steph . Byz . in v ...
... known to have yielded that substance . The notion of amber being found in islands gave rise to the belief in the existence of the Electrides at the mouth of the Po , at the extremity of the Adriatic ( Aristot . ib .; Steph . Byz . in v ...
Pagina 4
... known , al- though their distance from the mainland was greater than that of Britain ( iii . 5. 11. ) . This story is not very intelligible , nor is it easy to fix a date for the occurrence ; for the Romans were not a seafaring people ...
... known , al- though their distance from the mainland was greater than that of Britain ( iii . 5. 11. ) . This story is not very intelligible , nor is it easy to fix a date for the occurrence ; for the Romans were not a seafaring people ...
Pagina 5
... known to Theophrastus ( De Lapid . § 36. ed . Schneider ) , as that of the silkworm was to Aristotle ; but Virgil seems to have thought that silk , like linen and cotton , was a vegetable product : he describes it as the deli- cate ...
... known to Theophrastus ( De Lapid . § 36. ed . Schneider ) , as that of the silkworm was to Aristotle ; but Virgil seems to have thought that silk , like linen and cotton , was a vegetable product : he describes it as the deli- cate ...
Pagina 12
... known churches in England where this ancient custom has been handed down from early times ? O. S. Women in Parliament . - Have women ever sat and voted in parliament , either in the House of Lords or the House of Commons ? If so , under ...
... known churches in England where this ancient custom has been handed down from early times ? O. S. Women in Parliament . - Have women ever sat and voted in parliament , either in the House of Lords or the House of Commons ? If so , under ...
Pagina 17
... known opinions without reserve ; freely and fully de- nounces the misdeeds of the late ministers , but maintains that they were turned out on their merits their resolution not to submit to the fa- ( p . 246. ) a list of the portraits at ...
... known opinions without reserve ; freely and fully de- nounces the misdeeds of the late ministers , but maintains that they were turned out on their merits their resolution not to submit to the fa- ( p . 246. ) a list of the portraits at ...
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Pagina 266 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid: and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
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Pagina 349 - But why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind?' SECOND VOICE The air is cut away before, And closes from behind. Fly, brother, fly! more high, more high! Or we shall be belated: For slow and slow that ship will go, When the Mariner's trance is abated.
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