Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People ...Appleton, 1864 |
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... various figures are then connected by a groundwork of threads , which are so passed from one figure to another as to represent a web of wonderful delicacy and regularity : small spots or other figures are here and there skilfully worked ...
... various figures are then connected by a groundwork of threads , which are so passed from one figure to another as to represent a web of wonderful delicacy and regularity : small spots or other figures are here and there skilfully worked ...
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... various , generally brown , with shades of yellow or black , frequently speckled , rarely quite white or black . The flesh is spongy , coarse , and not of a very agreeable flavour . The hair or wool is inferior to that of the alpaca ...
... various , generally brown , with shades of yellow or black , frequently speckled , rarely quite white or black . The flesh is spongy , coarse , and not of a very agreeable flavour . The hair or wool is inferior to that of the alpaca ...
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... various classes deter- mined the choice of the children into whose bodies the souls of their departed members had migrated . At present , however , it seems that the emperor of China exercises a paramount influence on the discovery of ...
... various classes deter- mined the choice of the children into whose bodies the souls of their departed members had migrated . At present , however , it seems that the emperor of China exercises a paramount influence on the discovery of ...
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... various laminæ of a bed are so united , and the bed so homogeneous , that except when the face is exposed to weathering , the laminated structure is not visible . This condition seems to have resulted from the shortness of the ...
... various laminæ of a bed are so united , and the bed so homogeneous , that except when the face is exposed to weathering , the laminated structure is not visible . This condition seems to have resulted from the shortness of the ...
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... various modifications of the form are frequently found in the ruins of Greek and Roman cities ; very considerable numbers have been obtained from the excavations of Tarsus and of Pompeii and Herculaneum . The principle in all is the ...
... various modifications of the form are frequently found in the ruins of Greek and Roman cities ; very considerable numbers have been obtained from the excavations of Tarsus and of Pompeii and Herculaneum . The principle in all is the ...
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