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The tabular figures are from " The Statesman ' s Year - Book . " Egyptian ( British )
and French territory in the Soudan , according to British claims , touches along
the line of the 277h decree of latitude . Prior to the revolt of the Mahdi in 1882 ...
The tabular figures are from " The Statesman ' s Year - Book . " Egyptian ( British )
and French territory in the Soudan , according to British claims , touches along
the line of the 277h decree of latitude . Prior to the revolt of the Mahdi in 1882 ...
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... lived till morning . companions sailed when going to Colchis for the Golden
Black Prince , The . Edward , Prince of Wales , son Fleece , Black Republoans .
The Republican party of U . S. of Edward M . statesman . 126 THE CENTURY
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... lived till morning . companions sailed when going to Colchis for the Golden
Black Prince , The . Edward , Prince of Wales , son Fleece , Black Republoans .
The Republican party of U . S. of Edward M . statesman . 126 THE CENTURY
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Prince Napoleon J . C . Bonaparte . Nibelungenlied . A German epic poem of the
thir - Plumed Knight , The . J . G . Blaine , American teenth century . Plymouth
Rock . The rock at Plymouth , Mass . statesman . LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
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Prince Napoleon J . C . Bonaparte . Nibelungenlied . A German epic poem of the
thir - Plumed Knight , The . J . G . Blaine , American teenth century . Plymouth
Rock . The rock at Plymouth , Mass . statesman . LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
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The Ottoman Empire . Rule Britannia . An English song . Sinews of War , The
Money . Rump Parliament , The . A remnant of the Long Single Speech Hamilton
. An English statesman of Si Parliament broken up by Cromwell . the eighteenth ...
The Ottoman Empire . Rule Britannia . An English song . Sinews of War , The
Money . Rump Parliament , The . A remnant of the Long Single Speech Hamilton
. An English statesman of Si Parliament broken up by Cromwell . the eighteenth ...
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Little , Brown Parton , Princes , Authors , and Statesmen of Our Time . Athanasius
, Against the Heathen . Scribners Crowell Allen , Christian Institutions . Scribners
Prescott , Ferdinand and Isabella . 3v . McKay Brooks , Influence of Jesus .
Little , Brown Parton , Princes , Authors , and Statesmen of Our Time . Athanasius
, Against the Heathen . Scribners Crowell Allen , Christian Institutions . Scribners
Prescott , Ferdinand and Isabella . 3v . McKay Brooks , Influence of Jesus .
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| Title | The Century Book of Facts: A Library of Ready Reference Embracing History, Biography, Government, Law, Language, Literature, Invention, Science, Domestic Economy, Industry, Finance, Art, Religion, Education, Hygiene, and Useful Miscellany |
| Editor | Henry Woldmar Ruoff |
| Publisher | King-Richardson, 1900 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 681 pages |
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