The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 4Bradbury and Evans, 1860 |
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... land . ( See L. ) 3. Fin Latin corresponds to b in German and English , as frang - cre , brech - en , to break ; frater , bruder , brother ; fago , buche , beech , & c . 4. F in English and German to p in Latin , as pelli , fell , fell ...
... land . ( See L. ) 3. Fin Latin corresponds to b in German and English , as frang - cre , brech - en , to break ; frater , bruder , brother ; fago , buche , beech , & c . 4. F in English and German to p in Latin , as pelli , fell , fell ...
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... land , where the factory system is in part carried out . In and near Londonderry alone there are more than a dozen factories in which sewing machines are employed ; these machines are at present about 700 in number ; and the working of ...
... land , where the factory system is in part carried out . In and near Londonderry alone there are more than a dozen factories in which sewing machines are employed ; these machines are at present about 700 in number ; and the working of ...
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... land . Shakspere has been singularly happy in his dramatic exhibition of fairies . The belief in these fabled beings has still a fast hold upon the minds of many of our rustics , which may perhaps be considered as a remnant of that ...
... land . Shakspere has been singularly happy in his dramatic exhibition of fairies . The belief in these fabled beings has still a fast hold upon the minds of many of our rustics , which may perhaps be considered as a remnant of that ...
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... land is as old as the Roman Empire . It appears that wherever the Romans extended their conquests and planted colonies , they introduced this mode of restoring land to a certain degree of fertility when exhausted by bearing grain . The ...
... land is as old as the Roman Empire . It appears that wherever the Romans extended their conquests and planted colonies , they introduced this mode of restoring land to a certain degree of fertility when exhausted by bearing grain . The ...
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... land . The first ploughing of the stubble cannot be too shallow , and the harrows should be set to work before the wet weather sets in . When the surface is become mellow and elean , the land may be ploughed deep , and the soil below ...
... land . The first ploughing of the stubble cannot be too shallow , and the harrows should be set to work before the wet weather sets in . When the surface is become mellow and elean , the land may be ploughed deep , and the soil below ...
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