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... story of Jacob and the man- drakes , was , or was not , acquainted with the more grotesque fables which have certainly clustered round the plant in later ages . All that we can with tolerable certainty affirm is , that he knew and ...
... story of Jacob and the man- drakes , was , or was not , acquainted with the more grotesque fables which have certainly clustered round the plant in later ages . All that we can with tolerable certainty affirm is , that he knew and ...
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... story that the Athenians were so badly hit by the decrease in population in the later years of the Peloponnesian war that they legalized bigamy . The story is told by Aristoxenus , Hieronymus and Satyrus , and has usually been dismissed ...
... story that the Athenians were so badly hit by the decrease in population in the later years of the Peloponnesian war that they legalized bigamy . The story is told by Aristoxenus , Hieronymus and Satyrus , and has usually been dismissed ...
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... story of the past by their inventions , but he would apply to their writings the method he had learnt in the course of his chemical investigations . As a skilful and learned chymist can as well by separation of visible elements draw ...
... story of the past by their inventions , but he would apply to their writings the method he had learnt in the course of his chemical investigations . As a skilful and learned chymist can as well by separation of visible elements draw ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS THE NEXT THIRTY YEARS BY THE RIGHT | 1 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191617 | 33 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191718 | 51 |
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