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... POPULAR ETYMOLOGY , change in the spelling or pronunciation of a word so that it becomes a more familiar term in the ... popular literatures 9 : 966e Islamic popular tales 9 : 924b Japanese myths and legends 10 : 100a Jewish vehicle for ...
... POPULAR ETYMOLOGY , change in the spelling or pronunciation of a word so that it becomes a more familiar term in the ... popular literatures 9 : 966e Islamic popular tales 9 : 924b Japanese myths and legends 10 : 100a Jewish vehicle for ...
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... popular , authoritative books on medical his- tory are a biography of the French physiolo- gist Claude Bernard ( 1899 ) and Lectures on the History of Physiology During the Six- teenth , Seventeenth , and Eighteenth Centuries ( 1901 ) ...
... popular , authoritative books on medical his- tory are a biography of the French physiolo- gist Claude Bernard ( 1899 ) and Lectures on the History of Physiology During the Six- teenth , Seventeenth , and Eighteenth Centuries ( 1901 ) ...
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... popular of the swing bands . His band generated great enthusiasm for jazz among white listeners , and his small groups , particularly the trio ( 1935-36 ) and quartet ( 1936-39 ) , returned jazz to its original empha- sis on small ...
... popular of the swing bands . His band generated great enthusiasm for jazz among white listeners , and his small groups , particularly the trio ( 1935-36 ) and quartet ( 1936-39 ) , returned jazz to its original empha- sis on small ...
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