The Little Giant Cyclopedia and Treasury of Ready Reference: 1,000,001 Figures and FactsHistory Company, 1889 - 488 pages |
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... king of Pergamus , in 887 . Robert Raikes established the first Sunday - school , at Glou- cester , Eng . , 1781 . Albert Durer gave the world a prophecy of future wood engraving in 1527 . St. Augustine , oldest city in the United ...
... king of Pergamus , in 887 . Robert Raikes established the first Sunday - school , at Glou- cester , Eng . , 1781 . Albert Durer gave the world a prophecy of future wood engraving in 1527 . St. Augustine , oldest city in the United ...
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... kings , begun 4,000 years ago . The catacombs of Rome contain the remains of about 6,000,000 human beings ; those of Paris , 3,000,000 . • The quickest passage ever made across the Atlantic was that of the steamer Etruria , of the ...
... kings , begun 4,000 years ago . The catacombs of Rome contain the remains of about 6,000,000 human beings ; those of Paris , 3,000,000 . • The quickest passage ever made across the Atlantic was that of the steamer Etruria , of the ...
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... Kings County , N. Y. , where he now lives . The Union arch of the Washington Aqueduct is the largest in the world , being 220 feet ; 20 feet in excess of the Chester arch across the Dee in England , 68 feet longer than that of the ...
... Kings County , N. Y. , where he now lives . The Union arch of the Washington Aqueduct is the largest in the world , being 220 feet ; 20 feet in excess of the Chester arch across the Dee in England , 68 feet longer than that of the ...
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... . The others may be retained as memorizing these two nonsense lines : Six shy Jewesses chase George Seven great kings came quarreling . prominent in your mental question . What do you weigh 22 LOISETTE'S SYSTEM OF MEMORY .
... . The others may be retained as memorizing these two nonsense lines : Six shy Jewesses chase George Seven great kings came quarreling . prominent in your mental question . What do you weigh 22 LOISETTE'S SYSTEM OF MEMORY .
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... King John at Runnymede . " You must now turn this , statement this way and that way ; asking yourself about it every ... King John at Runnymede ? " Magna Charta . " By whom was Magna Charta exacted from King John at Runnymede ? " " By ...
... King John at Runnymede . " You must now turn this , statement this way and that way ; asking yourself about it every ... King John at Runnymede ? " Magna Charta . " By whom was Magna Charta exacted from King John at Runnymede ? " " By ...
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