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... England and elsewhere . The word is Celtic , appearing in Welsh ( very frequently ) as afon , in Manx as aon , and in Gaelic as abhuinn ( pronounced avain ) , and is radically identical with the Sanskrit ap , water , and the Lat . aqua ...
... England and elsewhere . The word is Celtic , appearing in Welsh ( very frequently ) as afon , in Manx as aon , and in Gaelic as abhuinn ( pronounced avain ) , and is radically identical with the Sanskrit ap , water , and the Lat . aqua ...
Page 69
... England and in France . Batrachians were not really related to the Perennibranchiates , such as Siren and Proteus , with which he was well acquainted , but represented the larval form of some air - breathing salamander . Little heed was ...
... England and in France . Batrachians were not really related to the Perennibranchiates , such as Siren and Proteus , with which he was well acquainted , but represented the larval form of some air - breathing salamander . Little heed was ...
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... England , and the first general chapter of the order was held here in 1245. Several remains of antiquity exist in ... England . In 1559 he resumed the Stow archdeaconry , and in 1562 he obtained that of Lincoln . He was a member of the ...
... England , and the first general chapter of the order was held here in 1245. Several remains of antiquity exist in ... England . In 1559 he resumed the Stow archdeaconry , and in 1562 he obtained that of Lincoln . He was a member of the ...
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... England , and which had been rendered famous by his predecessors , Moses Stuart and Nathaniel W. Taylor . In 1866 , however , though he was never dismissed by a council from his connexion with that church , he gave up the active ...
... England , and which had been rendered famous by his predecessors , Moses Stuart and Nathaniel W. Taylor . In 1866 , however , though he was never dismissed by a council from his connexion with that church , he gave up the active ...
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... England , where she was befriended by Thomas Carlyle and especially by Nathaniel Hawthorne , was intended to prove that the plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by a coterie of men , including Francis Bacon , Sir Walter Raleigh ...
... England , where she was befriended by Thomas Carlyle and especially by Nathaniel Hawthorne , was intended to prove that the plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by a coterie of men , including Francis Bacon , Sir Walter Raleigh ...
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