The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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Page 6
... supply the lacunæ in the reigns from the genealogical lines , and vice versa . Thus , about the time of Abd Shams II . , the 16th prince of the line , there is an admitted gap of several names in the royal line , as we learn by compar ...
... supply the lacunæ in the reigns from the genealogical lines , and vice versa . Thus , about the time of Abd Shams II . , the 16th prince of the line , there is an admitted gap of several names in the royal line , as we learn by compar ...
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... supply of food for the vast mul .. titude would be easily procurable , that object was defeated . by the still remaining imperfection of the cycle ; for the year being yet shorter by one day and a fraction than the real year , each ...
... supply of food for the vast mul .. titude would be easily procurable , that object was defeated . by the still remaining imperfection of the cycle ; for the year being yet shorter by one day and a fraction than the real year , each ...
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... supply of good water at- tracted the caravans ; † it became a halting place , and then an entrepôt of commerce ; a mercantile population , with the con- veniences of traffic , grew up in the vicinity , and eventually a change of ...
... supply of good water at- tracted the caravans ; † it became a halting place , and then an entrepôt of commerce ; a mercantile population , with the con- veniences of traffic , grew up in the vicinity , and eventually a change of ...
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... supply , that the value of the national woods , from their comparatively insignificant extent , seemed scarcely worth the trouble of being well looked after , - certain it is , that maritime England , whose vessels of war , afloat and ...
... supply , that the value of the national woods , from their comparatively insignificant extent , seemed scarcely worth the trouble of being well looked after , - certain it is , that maritime England , whose vessels of war , afloat and ...
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... supply of English oak timber to the Admiralty . In February , 1840 , an agreement is made for 24,000 loads of timber ; then it is reduced to 16,000 ; but , ultimately , a contract is made in 1841 , for 13,812 loads ; in 1843 , for ...
... supply of English oak timber to the Admiralty . In February , 1840 , an agreement is made for 24,000 loads of timber ; then it is reduced to 16,000 ; but , ultimately , a contract is made in 1841 , for 13,812 loads ; in 1843 , for ...
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