Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 第 8 巻W. & R. Chambers, 1891 |
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... town of the Isle of Man , 11 miles by rail NW . of Douglas . On Peel Hill ( 450 feet ) PEKING PEKING PEKING miserable . The manufactures are unimportant . PEDUNCLE people were in general well and justly governed , but the heavy taxes ...
... town of the Isle of Man , 11 miles by rail NW . of Douglas . On Peel Hill ( 450 feet ) PEKING PEKING PEKING miserable . The manufactures are unimportant . PEDUNCLE people were in general well and justly governed , but the heavy taxes ...
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... town , division , and river of Lower Burma . The town stands on the river Pegu , 46 miles NE . of Rangoon . The old city was founded in 573 and was made the capital of a powerful independent kingdom . European travellers in the 16th ...
... town , division , and river of Lower Burma . The town stands on the river Pegu , 46 miles NE . of Rangoon . The old city was founded in 573 and was made the capital of a powerful independent kingdom . European travellers in the 16th ...
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... town of Pembrokeshire , on a navigable creek of Milford Haven , 9 miles W. of Tenby and 114 W. by N. of Cardiff . On the extremity of the ridge on which the town is built stands Pembroke Castle , founded in 1094 by Arnulf de Montgomery ...
... town of Pembrokeshire , on a navigable creek of Milford Haven , 9 miles W. of Tenby and 114 W. by N. of Cardiff . On the extremity of the ridge on which the town is built stands Pembroke Castle , founded in 1094 by Arnulf de Montgomery ...
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... town is the wooded Beacon ( 937 feet ) . There are trade is agricultural . See History by J. Walker ( Penrith , 1856 ) . Pop . ( 1851 ) 6668 ; ( 1881 ) 9268 . " Penryn ( Corn . , ' head of the river ' ) , a town of Cornwall , at the ...
... town is the wooded Beacon ( 937 feet ) . There are trade is agricultural . See History by J. Walker ( Penrith , 1856 ) . Pop . ( 1851 ) 6668 ; ( 1881 ) 9268 . " Penryn ( Corn . , ' head of the river ' ) , a town of Cornwall , at the ...
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... town of Russia , 330 miles by rail SE . of Moscow , has a cathedral ( 17th cen- tury ) , a botanical garden , and manufactures of paper , soap , & c . Pop . ( 1885 ) 44,735 . - The govern- ment has an area of 14,992 sq . m . and a pop ...
... town of Russia , 330 miles by rail SE . of Moscow , has a cathedral ( 17th cen- tury ) , a botanical garden , and manufactures of paper , soap , & c . Pop . ( 1885 ) 44,735 . - The govern- ment has an area of 14,992 sq . m . and a pop ...
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