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Puberty in the other sex was generally matters affecting a district or an island
were settled by the chiefs marked by feasting , or some other demonstration ,
among the female of the district , while those of a single village were settled by a
friends ...
Puberty in the other sex was generally matters affecting a district or an island
were settled by the chiefs marked by feasting , or some other demonstration ,
among the female of the district , while those of a single village were settled by a
friends ...
Page 47
Owing districts south and south - west of the Caspian , but it has been so to the
long line of coast and the numerous lakes ... by Pliny ; and . this circumstance has
given rise to the notion that given to the district by the latter of the tribes about the
...
Owing districts south and south - west of the Caspian , but it has been so to the
long line of coast and the numerous lakes ... by Pliny ; and . this circumstance has
given rise to the notion that given to the district by the latter of the tribes about the
...
Page 59
Springs propres , " as he himself puts it , he began his researches on proalso rise
in the district , and the problem is further complicated jective geometry which led
to his great treatise on that subject . by the flood - water and solid matter brought
...
Springs propres , " as he himself puts it , he began his researches on proalso rise
in the district , and the problem is further complicated jective geometry which led
to his great treatise on that subject . by the flood - water and solid matter brought
...
Page 65
... formed in 1833 of districts taken from Galicia , and bounded then had a
garrison of about 160 under Major Henry Gladwin on the ... districts , while
Pontevedra is dependent Captain James Dalyell ( or Dalzell ) , who , however ,
gained the on ...
... formed in 1833 of districts taken from Galicia , and bounded then had a
garrison of about 160 under Major Henry Gladwin on the ... districts , while
Pontevedra is dependent Captain James Dalyell ( or Dalzell ) , who , however ,
gained the on ...
Page 71
( 1 ) The western district was an - | Bragny , where he died on the 23rd of
September 1605 . nexed in two sections , Sebastopolis ... To distinguish this
district from of M . Ch . Marty - Laveaux . the province Pontus and Polemon ' s
Pontus , it was ...
( 1 ) The western district was an - | Bragny , where he died on the 23rd of
September 1605 . nexed in two sections , Sebastopolis ... To distinguish this
district from of M . Ch . Marty - Laveaux . the province Pontus and Polemon ' s
Pontus , it was ...
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