Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 5W. and R. Chambers, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... origin from the GRAY LAG G. or COMMON WILD G. ( A. ferus ) ; but all the species seem very capable of domestication , and several of them have been to some extent domesticated . The Gray Lag G. is almost three feet in length from the ...
... origin from the GRAY LAG G. or COMMON WILD G. ( A. ferus ) ; but all the species seem very capable of domestication , and several of them have been to some extent domesticated . The Gray Lag G. is almost three feet in length from the ...
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... origin once ploughing in his of this famous knot was as follows : Gordius , a Phrygian peasant , was fields , when an eagle settled on his yoke of oxen , over . Surprised at so wonderful a phenomenon , and remained till the labour of ...
... origin once ploughing in his of this famous knot was as follows : Gordius , a Phrygian peasant , was fields , when an eagle settled on his yoke of oxen , over . Surprised at so wonderful a phenomenon , and remained till the labour of ...
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... origin of the Memoirs corresponds with the origin of the Gospels -viz . , that two were written by apostles , and two by companions of the apostles . ( 2 ) The extreme improbability that there could have been other books besides the ...
... origin of the Memoirs corresponds with the origin of the Gospels -viz . , that two were written by apostles , and two by companions of the apostles . ( 2 ) The extreme improbability that there could have been other books besides the ...
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... origin of the Gospels be really the correct one or not ; all we need to say is , that it seems to possess more probability in itself than any hypo- thesis of a common written source , from which they were respectively borrowed , and ...
... origin of the Gospels be really the correct one or not ; all we need to say is , that it seems to possess more probability in itself than any hypo- thesis of a common written source , from which they were respectively borrowed , and ...
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... Origin . The origin of Gothic architecture has given rise to many very ingenious speculations . It has been said that the style was copied directly from nature ; that the pointed arches and groins of the vaults were imitated from the ...
... Origin . The origin of Gothic architecture has given rise to many very ingenious speculations . It has been said that the style was copied directly from nature ; that the pointed arches and groins of the vaults were imitated from the ...
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