Cavour and GaribaldiG. Manwaring, (Succ. to J. Chapman), 1861 - 30 pages |
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... carry emblazoned shields ; they wear lace , velvet jackets , silken shirts , purple mantles , as occasion serves . A scarlet robe seems to have been the court dress or vest of honour , and was worn as a rule on all grand occasions ...
... carry emblazoned shields ; they wear lace , velvet jackets , silken shirts , purple mantles , as occasion serves . A scarlet robe seems to have been the court dress or vest of honour , and was worn as a rule on all grand occasions ...
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... carried off by the fairies , tells his sweetheart , Janet , that these " good people " will turn him into an adder and a snake ; and counsels her , as she would be his wife , whatever happens , to hold him fast . Janet , continues the ...
... carried off by the fairies , tells his sweetheart , Janet , that these " good people " will turn him into an adder and a snake ; and counsels her , as she would be his wife , whatever happens , to hold him fast . Janet , continues the ...
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... carry out a fresh inquiry into the mode in which alcohol is disposed of when introduced into the stomach of a living animal . Modern chemistry makes great use , in quantitative analysis , of what is termed the " method of volumes ...
... carry out a fresh inquiry into the mode in which alcohol is disposed of when introduced into the stomach of a living animal . Modern chemistry makes great use , in quantitative analysis , of what is termed the " method of volumes ...
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... carried too far , takes place with peculiar rapidity ; and this seems due to its very rapid elimination by the lungs , the breath being strongly impregnated with its peculiar garlicky odour . Thus we see that there is a perfect ...
... carried too far , takes place with peculiar rapidity ; and this seems due to its very rapid elimination by the lungs , the breath being strongly impregnated with its peculiar garlicky odour . Thus we see that there is a perfect ...
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... carried out by a young American physician , Dr. Hammond ; * and as , from our * American Journal of the Medical Sciences , October , 1856 . personal knowledge of him , we are inclined to feel 46 Alcohol : what becomes of it.
... carried out by a young American physician , Dr. Hammond ; * and as , from our * American Journal of the Medical Sciences , October , 1856 . personal knowledge of him , we are inclined to feel 46 Alcohol : what becomes of it.
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