The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature, Science, History, Geography, Commerce, Biography, Discovery and Invention, Volume 9Werner Company, 1907 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... PRINCIPAL CONTENTS . FALCON . ALFRED NEWTON , Professor of Zoology , Uni- versity of Cambridge . FALCONRY . Col. E. DELME RADCLIFFE , author of conidć in India . " 64 Fal- FALKLAND ISLANDS . Sir WYVILLE THOMSON , author of The ...
... PRINCIPAL CONTENTS . FALCON . ALFRED NEWTON , Professor of Zoology , Uni- versity of Cambridge . FALCONRY . Col. E. DELME RADCLIFFE , author of conidć in India . " 64 Fal- FALKLAND ISLANDS . Sir WYVILLE THOMSON , author of The ...
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... principal object of interest is the castle , now partly in ruins , but formerly the seat of the dukes of Normandy , and the birthplace of William the Conqueror . Near the castle , in the Place de la Trinité , is an equestrian statue in ...
... principal object of interest is the castle , now partly in ruins , but formerly the seat of the dukes of Normandy , and the birthplace of William the Conqueror . Near the castle , in the Place de la Trinité , is an equestrian statue in ...
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... principal scholars , besides Rosa and Coppola ( whose works are sometimes ascribed to Falcone himself ) , were Do- menico Gargiuolo named Micco Spadaro , Paolo Porpora , and Andrea di Lione . in collections - the latter especially ; and ...
... principal scholars , besides Rosa and Coppola ( whose works are sometimes ascribed to Falcone himself ) , were Do- menico Gargiuolo named Micco Spadaro , Paolo Porpora , and Andrea di Lione . in collections - the latter especially ; and ...
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... principal scholars , besides Rosa and Coppola ( whose works are sometimes ascribed to Falcone himself ) , were Do- menico Gargiuolo named Micco Spadaro , Paolo Porpora , and Andrea di Lione . FALCONER , HUGH ( 1808-1865 ) , a ...
... principal scholars , besides Rosa and Coppola ( whose works are sometimes ascribed to Falcone himself ) , were Do- menico Gargiuolo named Micco Spadaro , Paolo Porpora , and Andrea di Lione . FALCONER , HUGH ( 1808-1865 ) , a ...
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... principal sports . Probably it may be considered as having been always as purely a sport as it is at the present day ; for even in the rudest times man must have been possessed of means and appliances for the cap- ture of wild birds and ...
... principal sports . Probably it may be considered as having been always as purely a sport as it is at the present day ; for even in the rudest times man must have been possessed of means and appliances for the cap- ture of wild birds and ...
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Page 22 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field through all the land of Egypt.
Page 43 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 254 - And the flax and the barley was smitten : for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. But the wheat and the rye were not smitten ; for they were not grown up.
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Page 76 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
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Page 123 - Hapsburg: the former, the knights and sheriffs of Leicestershire, have slowly risen to the dignity of a peerage; the latter, the Emperors of Germany and Kings of Spain, have threatened the liberty of the old, and invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England; but the romance of Tom Jones...