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... body - guard . His son Periander , who succeeded to his authority , occupies a very prominent place in the ancient history of Greece . He was much more despotic than his predecessor ; he had a body- guard of 300 men , and trampled at ...
... body - guard . His son Periander , who succeeded to his authority , occupies a very prominent place in the ancient history of Greece . He was much more despotic than his predecessor ; he had a body- guard of 300 men , and trampled at ...
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... body of the animal producing this shell , but is nearly of equal thickness with the sides of the close chambers of the Am monite . ' b Ammonites obtusus . ] From Dr. Buckland ; a , b , c , d , outer chamber . It should be remembered ...
... body of the animal producing this shell , but is nearly of equal thickness with the sides of the close chambers of the Am monite . ' b Ammonites obtusus . ] From Dr. Buckland ; a , b , c , d , outer chamber . It should be remembered ...
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... body was contained in it , these ani- mals having been suddenly destroyed , and buried in the earthy sediment of which the lias is composed , before their bodies had either undergone decay or been devoured by the then existing ...
... body was contained in it , these ani- mals having been suddenly destroyed , and buried in the earthy sediment of which the lias is composed , before their bodies had either undergone decay or been devoured by the then existing ...
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... body of a man of assize . ' And it is declared by the same statute , that if slain in open rebellion , 5 Reports , 51. In this sense also , it fortune any such man be slain , which is found in the the Master of the Crown Office in the ...
... body of a man of assize . ' And it is declared by the same statute , that if slain in open rebellion , 5 Reports , 51. In this sense also , it fortune any such man be slain , which is found in the the Master of the Crown Office in the ...
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... body than the bod itself , and do not appear to have been used in their moder " . sense till the fifteenth century . The institution of such bodies under similar or different names was commen among the Romans [ COLLEGIUM ] , and we ...
... body than the bod itself , and do not appear to have been used in their moder " . sense till the fifteenth century . The institution of such bodies under similar or different names was commen among the Romans [ COLLEGIUM ] , and we ...
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