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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" Volume 13, Slice 6

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HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS HOPKINS, ESEK HOME, JOHN HOPKINS, MARK HOMEL HOPKINS, SAMUEL HOME OFFICE HOPKINS, WILLIAM HOMER HOPKINSON, FRANCIS HOMER, WINSLOW HOPKINSON, JOHN HOMESTEAD HOPKINSVILLE HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTION LAWS HOPPNER, JOHN HOMEYER, KARL GUSTAV HOP-SCOTCH HOMICIDE HOP...

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2. m. The lake of Yojoa or Taulebe is the only large inland lake in

Honduras, and is about 25 m. in length, by 6 to 8 in breadth. Its surface is 2050 ft. above the sea. It has two outlets on the south, the rivers Jaitique and Sacapa, which unite...

5. xxvi. 26), who describes its wood as red and easily split, classes the

The American hornbeam, blue or water beech, is _Carpinus americana_ (also known as _C. caroliniana_); the common hop-hornbeam, a native of the south of Europe, is a member of a...

1. VOLUME XIII, SLICE VI

HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS HOPKINS, ESEK HOME, JOHN HOPKINS, MARK HOMEL HOPKINS, SAMUEL HOME OFFICE HOPKINS, WILLIAM HOMER HOPKINSON, FRANCIS HOMER, WINSLOW HOPKINSON, JOHN HOMESTEAD...

4. ii. 26) describes them as placed at equal intervals on the throne of

Phoebus, with whom are also associated the four seasons. Nonnus (5th century A.D.) in the _Dionysiaca_ also unites the twelve Horae as representing the day and the four Horae as...

3. book i., in which there is some trace of an angry republican feeling,

belong to these early compositions. But by the time the first book of _Satires_ was completed and published (35 B.C.) his temper had recovered its natural serenity, and, though...