The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 6Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1907 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... ancient Roman walls and moat is now occupied by the Promenade des Ramparts . Dax is famous as a health resort , owing to its ther- mal springs and baths of every description . It has a considerable trade in agricultural produce , wine ...
... ancient Roman walls and moat is now occupied by the Promenade des Ramparts . Dax is famous as a health resort , owing to its ther- mal springs and baths of every description . It has a considerable trade in agricultural produce , wine ...
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... ancient Egyptian belief , formed a sort of guide and protection for the dead in their wanderings through the Lower World . It was placed in or near the coffin or in the armpits of the mummy . Hundreds of copies exist , some containing ...
... ancient Egyptian belief , formed a sort of guide and protection for the dead in their wanderings through the Lower World . It was placed in or near the coffin or in the armpits of the mummy . Hundreds of copies exist , some containing ...
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... ancient glossator who explained ' the vale of Siddim ' in Gen. xiv . 3 as ' the Salt Sea ' may have erroneously supposed that the lake was once in historic times dry land . But the writer of Gen. xix . did not think of an inunda- tion ...
... ancient glossator who explained ' the vale of Siddim ' in Gen. xiv . 3 as ' the Salt Sea ' may have erroneously supposed that the lake was once in historic times dry land . But the writer of Gen. xix . did not think of an inunda- tion ...
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... ancient writings to designate certain districts in and near Pales- tine , situated mainly east of the Jordan . The Decapolis was a confederacy or league , originally of ten cities , though the number was not constant , apparently having ...
... ancient writings to designate certain districts in and near Pales- tine , situated mainly east of the Jordan . The Decapolis was a confederacy or league , originally of ten cities , though the number was not constant , apparently having ...
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... Ancient Rome . DECEN'NARY . See TITHES . DECEN'NIAL GAMES ( Lat . Decennalia , nom . pl . , from decem , ten + annus , year ) . The games celebrated in ancient Rome to commemo- rate the nominal refusal of Augustus to be Emperor for life ...
... Ancient Rome . DECEN'NARY . See TITHES . DECEN'NIAL GAMES ( Lat . Decennalia , nom . pl . , from decem , ten + annus , year ) . The games celebrated in ancient Rome to commemo- rate the nominal refusal of Augustus to be Emperor for life ...
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