The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 13Charles Knight, 1839 |
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... coast of the Corinthian Gulf . Herodotus ( viii . 44 ) says for nearly 200 years ; but about the beginning of the ninth that the Athenians were originally Pelasgi , but that after century the Danes made a descent upon the island , and ...
... coast of the Corinthian Gulf . Herodotus ( viii . 44 ) says for nearly 200 years ; but about the beginning of the ninth that the Athenians were originally Pelasgi , but that after century the Danes made a descent upon the island , and ...
Page 14
... coast facing the island of Chios . On the north coast of the same peninsula Clazomena was founded afterwards by a colony from Colophon , and later still Phocæa was colonized by adventurers from Phocis and Ionians from Attica on a ...
... coast facing the island of Chios . On the north coast of the same peninsula Clazomena was founded afterwards by a colony from Colophon , and later still Phocæa was colonized by adventurers from Phocis and Ionians from Attica on a ...
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... coast of Wales to a breadth of about 65 miles , it assumes Dingle from the mouth of the Shannon . Southward from the name of St. George's Channel , which it bears until it these groups the same formation occupies the entire coun ...
... coast of Wales to a breadth of about 65 miles , it assumes Dingle from the mouth of the Shannon . Southward from the name of St. George's Channel , which it bears until it these groups the same formation occupies the entire coun ...
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... coast , and on three sides of the island the Atlantic Ocean extends unin- terrupted : hence the climate is more moist and less liable to severe cold than in any of the neighbouring countries . The Scoti were not builders in stone , at ...
... coast , and on three sides of the island the Atlantic Ocean extends unin- terrupted : hence the climate is more moist and less liable to severe cold than in any of the neighbouring countries . The Scoti were not builders in stone , at ...
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... coast in which the English law was fully recognised . POPULATION . Notwithstanding the numerous colonies of British who have from time to time settled in Ireland , the great bulk of the population is still of the native Irish race . The ...
... coast in which the English law was fully recognised . POPULATION . Notwithstanding the numerous colonies of British who have from time to time settled in Ireland , the great bulk of the population is still of the native Irish race . The ...
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Page 228 - Length seven inches from the tip of the bill to the extremity of the tail. The Bill two inches from the commissure to the point, and the tail twenty-seven lines.