The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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... popular in England that many articles - chiefly fancy boxes , small pictures , and a particular form of basket - were decorated all over with beads . In southern Italy and Sicily , a bold form of dec- oration with gilt thread and coral ...
... popular in England that many articles - chiefly fancy boxes , small pictures , and a particular form of basket - were decorated all over with beads . In southern Italy and Sicily , a bold form of dec- oration with gilt thread and coral ...
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... Popular Front which , in the elections of April and May 1936 , won a large majority in the Chamber . Blum , its chief architect , became premier as leader of the Popular Front government of June 1936. He was the first Socialist and the ...
... Popular Front which , in the elections of April and May 1936 , won a large majority in the Chamber . Blum , its chief architect , became premier as leader of the Popular Front government of June 1936. He was the first Socialist and the ...
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... popular with all classes , despite sporadic attempts by monarchs , nobles , and governments to dis- courage their use by stringent laws . Both governments and churches condemned card playing in periods when gaming fever became ...
... popular with all classes , despite sporadic attempts by monarchs , nobles , and governments to dis- courage their use by stringent laws . Both governments and churches condemned card playing in periods when gaming fever became ...
Contents
Beckford detail from an oil painting | 107 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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