Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 10J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 |
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... common in the Hima- laya . Another very common British species is the WATER V. ( A. amphibia ) , popularly known as the WATER RAT , a much larger animal , the head and body being about 8 inches in length , and the tail 4 inches . The ...
... common in the Hima- laya . Another very common British species is the WATER V. ( A. amphibia ) , popularly known as the WATER RAT , a much larger animal , the head and body being about 8 inches in length , and the tail 4 inches . The ...
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... common seat of the affection , are usually very well marked from the beginning . Great pain is suddenly experienced in a small circumscribed spot of the abdomen , obstinate constipation usually setting in from that date . If the sigmoid ...
... common seat of the affection , are usually very well marked from the beginning . Great pain is suddenly experienced in a small circumscribed spot of the abdomen , obstinate constipation usually setting in from that date . If the sigmoid ...
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... common . In the Iliad , the wife of Hephaestus is Charis ; while in the Odyssey , and in later writers , he is represented as being much tormented by the amours of his frail and charm- ing spouse Aphrodite , with her favourite Ares ...
... common . In the Iliad , the wife of Hephaestus is Charis ; while in the Odyssey , and in later writers , he is represented as being much tormented by the amours of his frail and charm- ing spouse Aphrodite , with her favourite Ares ...
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... Common Snipe ; 2 , Head and foot of Ringed Dotterel ; 3 , Head and foot of Common Godwit ; 4 , Head and foot of Curlew . ( q . v . ) , or Grallatores , but really appropriate only to some of them , the more aquatic in their habits , as ...
... Common Snipe ; 2 , Head and foot of Ringed Dotterel ; 3 , Head and foot of Common Godwit ; 4 , Head and foot of Curlew . ( q . v . ) , or Grallatores , but really appropriate only to some of them , the more aquatic in their habits , as ...
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... common use are the brewer's dray , the railway lorry , the agricultural wain ( in common use in England and on the continent ) , and the bullock- cart of South Africa . The comparative merits of a vehicle in which the horse has merely ...
... common use are the brewer's dray , the railway lorry , the agricultural wain ( in common use in England and on the continent ) , and the bullock- cart of South Africa . The comparative merits of a vehicle in which the horse has merely ...
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