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... appear- ance , and habits of living in that district , furnish many striking proofs that the tradition is not without some . foundation that the races may have been originally the same . found in the upper end of every alpine valley ...
... appear- ance , and habits of living in that district , furnish many striking proofs that the tradition is not without some . foundation that the races may have been originally the same . found in the upper end of every alpine valley ...
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... appears to have exceeded , in 1821 , the highest proportion of the population of England that was ever supported , wholly or in part , by poor rate . It is generally understood that 1 in 8 of the population was the greatest proportion ...
... appears to have exceeded , in 1821 , the highest proportion of the population of England that was ever supported , wholly or in part , by poor rate . It is generally understood that 1 in 8 of the population was the greatest proportion ...
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... appear for agricultural purposes , there is good reason for supposing that some of the best tracts of Flanders , and which now are the most fertile in the north of Europe , have ori- ginally been of the same quality . About Breda , and ...
... appear for agricultural purposes , there is good reason for supposing that some of the best tracts of Flanders , and which now are the most fertile in the north of Europe , have ori- ginally been of the same quality . About Breda , and ...
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... appears that , in 1826 , the poor colony at Wortel , near Antwerp , esta- blished on the same plan , contained 125 farms , and the managers of it had contracted to take 1000 paupers for 16 years , at 35 guilders , or 58s . 4d . sterling ...
... appears that , in 1826 , the poor colony at Wortel , near Antwerp , esta- blished on the same plan , contained 125 farms , and the managers of it had contracted to take 1000 paupers for 16 years , at 35 guilders , or 58s . 4d . sterling ...
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... appear that escape is frequent ; and classification by separate working gangs , in this out - door work of which all are capable , may be obtained without se- clusion . The crops of rye , clover , flax , potatoes , buckwheat , raised on ...
... appear that escape is frequent ; and classification by separate working gangs , in this out - door work of which all are capable , may be obtained without se- clusion . The crops of rye , clover , flax , potatoes , buckwheat , raised on ...
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