The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. kötetThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... Africa , measuring upwards of three feet in length , and having a general resemblance to a short - legged pig . It feeds on ants , and is of nocturnal habits , and very timid and harmless . Its flesh is used as food , and when suitably ...
... Africa , measuring upwards of three feet in length , and having a general resemblance to a short - legged pig . It feeds on ants , and is of nocturnal habits , and very timid and harmless . Its flesh is used as food , and when suitably ...
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... African tribe occupying the country be- tween the Red Sea and the Nile , to the S. of Kosseir , nearly as far as the latitude of Derr . Many of the race have settled on the eastern bank of the Nile , but the greater part still live like ...
... African tribe occupying the country be- tween the Red Sea and the Nile , to the S. of Kosseir , nearly as far as the latitude of Derr . Many of the race have settled on the eastern bank of the Nile , but the greater part still live like ...
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... Africa , and an independent government was constituted in Khorasan ( 820 ) , under the Taherites . In the West , again , the Greeks encroached upon the possessions of the Saracens in Asia Minor . Ruin , however , came from a less ...
... Africa , and an independent government was constituted in Khorasan ( 820 ) , under the Taherites . In the West , again , the Greeks encroached upon the possessions of the Saracens in Asia Minor . Ruin , however , came from a less ...
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... Africa . at first successful , and in 1834 he concluded a treaty with the French general , which was very favourable to his cause . This treaty was broken in the succeeding year ; but as the war that followed was mainly in favour of the ...
... Africa . at first successful , and in 1834 he concluded a treaty with the French general , which was very favourable to his cause . This treaty was broken in the succeeding year ; but as the war that followed was mainly in favour of the ...
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... Africa , and chiefly in the neighbourhood of Hippo- Regius . According to their tradition , Abel , though married , lived in continence , and they followed his practice in this respect , so as to avoid the guilt of bringing sinful ...
... Africa , and chiefly in the neighbourhood of Hippo- Regius . According to their tradition , Abel , though married , lived in continence , and they followed his practice in this respect , so as to avoid the guilt of bringing sinful ...
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