CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA: A DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE. IN TEN VOLUMES. VOL. II.1872 |
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... give up Limbourg and a part of Luxembourg during the above - men- tioned year . This it now refused to do , and put its army on a war - footing ; but its obstinacy finally gave way to the unanimous decision of the five great powers ...
... give up Limbourg and a part of Luxembourg during the above - men- tioned year . This it now refused to do , and put its army on a war - footing ; but its obstinacy finally gave way to the unanimous decision of the five great powers ...
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... give an exact rendering of the state of mind so denominated , or to specify the exact import , test , or criterion of the act of believing . It is easy enough to comprehend what is meant by an idea or a notion , as when we speak of ...
... give an exact rendering of the state of mind so denominated , or to specify the exact import , test , or criterion of the act of believing . It is easy enough to comprehend what is meant by an idea or a notion , as when we speak of ...
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... give 80 parts of copper to 20 of tin , or 4 to 1 ; others state the proportions as being 3 to 1. In the reign of Henry III . , of England , it would seem to have been 2 to 1 ; and the small bronze bells discovered by Mr. Layard in the ...
... give 80 parts of copper to 20 of tin , or 4 to 1 ; others state the proportions as being 3 to 1. In the reign of Henry III . , of England , it would seem to have been 2 to 1 ; and the small bronze bells discovered by Mr. Layard in the ...
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... give the term carillons to the suites of bells which yield this kind of music . In this last sense , the tower of Les Halles , a large building at Bruges , is allowed to contain the finest carillons in Europe . There is a set of music ...
... give the term carillons to the suites of bells which yield this kind of music . In this last sense , the tower of Les Halles , a large building at Bruges , is allowed to contain the finest carillons in Europe . There is a set of music ...
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... give evidence of high imagination on the part of the author , and also of much patient and careful manipulation . One of his most admired works is a view of the Pont - Neuf , Paris . He died 12th July 1664 . BELLADO'N NA , DWALE , or ...
... give evidence of high imagination on the part of the author , and also of much patient and careful manipulation . One of his most admired works is a view of the Pont - Neuf , Paris . He died 12th July 1664 . BELLADO'N NA , DWALE , or ...
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