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... Various works in prose and verse are attributed to Abaris by Suidas and others , but of these we have no certain information . ABATEMENT , ABATE , from the French abattre , abater , to throw down , demolish . The original meaning of the ...
... Various works in prose and verse are attributed to Abaris by Suidas and others , but of these we have no certain information . ABATEMENT , ABATE , from the French abattre , abater , to throw down , demolish . The original meaning of the ...
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... various buildings . The infirmary for sick monks , with the physician's house and physic gar- den , lies to the east . In the same group with the infirmary is the school for the novices . The outer school , with its head - master's ...
... various buildings . The infirmary for sick monks , with the physician's house and physic gar- den , lies to the east . In the same group with the infirmary is the school for the novices . The outer school , with its head - master's ...
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... Various deriva- tions of this name have been suggested ; but there can be scarcely any doubt that the usual derivation ( ab origine ) is correct , and that the word simply indicated a settled tribe , whose origin and earlier history ...
... Various deriva- tions of this name have been suggested ; but there can be scarcely any doubt that the usual derivation ( ab origine ) is correct , and that the word simply indicated a settled tribe , whose origin and earlier history ...
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... various heights , one of which is the Gran Sasso . There are no plains ; but among the mountains are some beautiful and fruitful valleys , watered by the various streams that run through them . None of the rivers are navigable . The ...
... various heights , one of which is the Gran Sasso . There are no plains ; but among the mountains are some beautiful and fruitful valleys , watered by the various streams that run through them . None of the rivers are navigable . The ...
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... various kinds of valuable medicinal plants are common . Most of the domestic animals of Europe are found here . The cattle are in general small , and the oxen belong to the humped race . The famous Galla oxen have horns some- times four ...
... various kinds of valuable medicinal plants are common . Most of the domestic animals of Europe are found here . The cattle are in general small , and the oxen belong to the humped race . The famous Galla oxen have horns some- times four ...
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Strona 53 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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Strona 134 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them ; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Strona 33 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
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