5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...Gale Research Company, 1966 - 816 Seiten |
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... probably derived their acquaint- ance with it from the Etruscans , and it is to the former that the nations of modern Europe are indebted for this form of construction . The oldest arch in the world is probably in the Cloaca Maxima at ...
... probably derived their acquaint- ance with it from the Etruscans , and it is to the former that the nations of modern Europe are indebted for this form of construction . The oldest arch in the world is probably in the Cloaca Maxima at ...
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... probably from the Old English ym bryne , meaning period , revolution of time . See Ember Weeks . Ember Weeks . The name given to the weeks in which the " Ember Days " occur . See Ember Days . Emerald . This precious stone is supposed to ...
... probably from the Old English ym bryne , meaning period , revolution of time . See Ember Weeks . Ember Weeks . The name given to the weeks in which the " Ember Days " occur . See Ember Days . Emerald . This precious stone is supposed to ...
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... probably arose from the Arabian story versified in Cowper's Love of the World Reproved . Mohammed allowed his followers to eat pork , except one portion of the animal , which he did not specify , and consequently strict Mohammedans were ...
... probably arose from the Arabian story versified in Cowper's Love of the World Reproved . Mohammed allowed his followers to eat pork , except one portion of the animal , which he did not specify , and consequently strict Mohammedans were ...
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