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... says this learned writer , " may be traced to the most remote antiquity ; the ornaments of the temple , and of the priests , at Jerusalem ( Exodus xxviii . 29 , and xxxviii . 18 , 22 ) , belonged to it . The manner in which the precious ...
... says this learned writer , " may be traced to the most remote antiquity ; the ornaments of the temple , and of the priests , at Jerusalem ( Exodus xxviii . 29 , and xxxviii . 18 , 22 ) , belonged to it . The manner in which the precious ...
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... ( says the venerable Bede ) ornamented the windows of the church and monastery with glass , and taught the English how to make it . Although France at that time had some glass - works , they were not much encouraged ; the progress made ...
... ( says the venerable Bede ) ornamented the windows of the church and monastery with glass , and taught the English how to make it . Although France at that time had some glass - works , they were not much encouraged ; the progress made ...
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... ( says the venerable Bede ) ornamented the windows of the church and monastery with glass , and taught the English how to make it . Although France at that time had some glass - works , they were not much . encouraged ; the progress made ...
... ( says the venerable Bede ) ornamented the windows of the church and monastery with glass , and taught the English how to make it . Although France at that time had some glass - works , they were not much . encouraged ; the progress made ...
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... says Milline , " with a fastening of string . " Although this was a poor and ineffectual mode , a better one was soon adopted . A bolt was placed transversely across the door , on the inside , ( as is still done in some parts of the ...
... says Milline , " with a fastening of string . " Although this was a poor and ineffectual mode , a better one was soon adopted . A bolt was placed transversely across the door , on the inside , ( as is still done in some parts of the ...
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... says in his epitaph : Here lies the man who overcame the difficulties of this bold design , Who united the waters of the two seas , Opened the bosom of the earth , Levelled mountains , Caused the waves to obey the commands of the king ...
... says in his epitaph : Here lies the man who overcame the difficulties of this bold design , Who united the waters of the two seas , Opened the bosom of the earth , Levelled mountains , Caused the waves to obey the commands of the king ...
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The Book of Illustrious Mechanics of Europe and America Edouard Foucaud Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1849 |
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