Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 5W. and R. Chambers, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... chiefly known , and which only appeared shortly before his death , he published various poems , translations , and professional treatises . Of his original poems we need say nothing . Amongst his translations we may notice his Song of ...
... chiefly known , and which only appeared shortly before his death , he published various poems , translations , and professional treatises . Of his original poems we need say nothing . Amongst his translations we may notice his Song of ...
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... chiefly owing . Its botanical name is Palmella cruenta . It sometimes extends over a considerable surface , and becomes a tough gelatinous mass . The structure and mode of growth of this and allied plants will be noticed under the head ...
... chiefly owing . Its botanical name is Palmella cruenta . It sometimes extends over a considerable surface , and becomes a tough gelatinous mass . The structure and mode of growth of this and allied plants will be noticed under the head ...
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... chiefly for the perpetuation and propagation of the finest varieties of fruit - trees , which could not be accom- plished by seed , and is accomplished by grafting more rapidly and easily than by layers or cuttings . Besides this ...
... chiefly for the perpetuation and propagation of the finest varieties of fruit - trees , which could not be accom- plished by seed , and is accomplished by grafting more rapidly and easily than by layers or cuttings . Besides this ...
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... ( chiefly by G.'s dragoons ) , and 1200 surrendered unconditionally , to be afterwards treated with atrocious inhumanity . These affairs at Drumclog and Bothwell are the only contests that can even by courtesy be called battles in which G ...
... ( chiefly by G.'s dragoons ) , and 1200 surrendered unconditionally , to be afterwards treated with atrocious inhumanity . These affairs at Drumclog and Bothwell are the only contests that can even by courtesy be called battles in which G ...
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... chiefly English . G. T. is the see of two bishops -one of the Church of England , and another of the Church of Rome . It has also several Wesleyan ministers , besides the pastors of the Dutch Reformed Church . Among the other ...
... chiefly English . G. T. is the see of two bishops -one of the Church of England , and another of the Church of Rome . It has also several Wesleyan ministers , besides the pastors of the Dutch Reformed Church . Among the other ...
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