The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 4Garretson, Cox, 1897 |
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... chiefly for the purpose of connecting Hroth- gar , King of Denmark , whom Beowulf , the hero , comes to deliver from the attacks of the monster Grendel , with Scef or Sceaf , one of the ancestors of Woden , and the common father of the ...
... chiefly for the purpose of connecting Hroth- gar , King of Denmark , whom Beowulf , the hero , comes to deliver from the attacks of the monster Grendel , with Scef or Sceaf , one of the ancestors of Woden , and the common father of the ...
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... chiefly Jews ; ( 1889 ) 78,287 . BERE , n . ber [ AS . bore ; Icel . barr ; Meso - Goth . baris ; L. bar , barley ] : a variety of barley ; bigg or barley - bigg . BEREAVE , v . bě - rev ' [ AS . bereafian , to deprive of : be , and ...
... chiefly Jews ; ( 1889 ) 78,287 . BERE , n . ber [ AS . bore ; Icel . barr ; Meso - Goth . baris ; L. bar , barley ] : a variety of barley ; bigg or barley - bigg . BEREAVE , v . bě - rev ' [ AS . bereafian , to deprive of : be , and ...
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... chiefly in the Perpendicular style . The father of the poet Cowper was rector of B. , and the poet himself was born here . The town is supposed to be of Saxon origin , and the kings of Mercia had a palace or castle here . William the ...
... chiefly in the Perpendicular style . The father of the poet Cowper was rector of B. , and the poet himself was born here . The town is supposed to be of Saxon origin , and the kings of Mercia had a palace or castle here . William the ...
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... chiefly of sheep - walks ; and along the Thames , and to the w . of the Ridge Way , or Downs , it is chiefly dairy and pasture land . The chief crops are oats and wheat . Double Gloucester ' and ' pineapple ' cheese are exported in ...
... chiefly of sheep - walks ; and along the Thames , and to the w . of the Ridge Way , or Downs , it is chiefly dairy and pasture land . The chief crops are oats and wheat . Double Gloucester ' and ' pineapple ' cheese are exported in ...
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... chiefly from beetroot , potatoes , etc .: see DISTILLATION . BERLIOZ , běr le - o ' , HECTOR : 1803 , Dec. 11-1869 , Mar. 9 ; b . La - Côte - St. - André , dept . of Isère , France ; son of a physician : fertile musical composer . He ...
... chiefly from beetroot , potatoes , etc .: see DISTILLATION . BERLIOZ , běr le - o ' , HECTOR : 1803 , Dec. 11-1869 , Mar. 9 ; b . La - Côte - St. - André , dept . of Isère , France ; son of a physician : fertile musical composer . He ...
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