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... themselves being doubtful whether to put it with Palms or Pandanus . The genus is represented by only one species , Nipa fruticans , Humb . It abounds in the salt marshes of the islands and coasts of 8 THE SCREW PINE AND ITS ALLIES .
... themselves being doubtful whether to put it with Palms or Pandanus . The genus is represented by only one species , Nipa fruticans , Humb . It abounds in the salt marshes of the islands and coasts of 8 THE SCREW PINE AND ITS ALLIES .
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... represented in our time by that very mysterious people , the Basques . Amédée Thierry's idea seems now to be generally adopted , that the Celtic race moved westward in two great successive emigrations . The first of these emigrations ...
... represented in our time by that very mysterious people , the Basques . Amédée Thierry's idea seems now to be generally adopted , that the Celtic race moved westward in two great successive emigrations . The first of these emigrations ...
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... represented as faithful wives and excellent mothers , gentle , modest , and sober . They were forbidden by law to drink wine . Athenæus , in speaking of this fact , with the very ungallant reflection that " it is a well- known fact that ...
... represented as faithful wives and excellent mothers , gentle , modest , and sober . They were forbidden by law to drink wine . Athenæus , in speaking of this fact , with the very ungallant reflection that " it is a well- known fact that ...
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... represents a lady dressing herself with the palla , and will sufficiently explain itself . When on the body , it sometimes reached to the feet , but more fre- quently it reached a little below the middle or to the knees . This , how ...
... represents a lady dressing herself with the palla , and will sufficiently explain itself . When on the body , it sometimes reached to the feet , but more fre- quently it reached a little below the middle or to the knees . This , how ...
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... represented in our second cut is in much the same costume , but she is dressing her hair with her own hands . The subject is also taken from a painting in Pompeii , as well as the cut which follows . As far as we can judge from the ...
... represented in our second cut is in much the same costume , but she is dressing her hair with her own hands . The subject is also taken from a painting in Pompeii , as well as the cut which follows . As far as we can judge from the ...
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