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Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. It was founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books. The ...
A seaport in the extreme S. of Sweden, with a commodious harbour, and a trade chiefly in corn.
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An island in the Arctic Ocean, 67 m. long by 26 m. broad, the "Holy Island" of the Samoyedes, an abode of furred animals, seals, etc.
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County-town of Caithness, on Wick River, 161 m. NE. of Inverness, is the chief seat of the herring fishery in Scotland; Wick proper, with its suburbs Louisburgh and Boathaven, is on the N. of the river, and Pultneytown on the S.; has a few manufactures, with distilleries and breweries.
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Eski Saksonlar ve diğer Germen yarışları arasında para cezası, cinayet, değişen tutar, fiyat kısmen yakınları öldürülen kişinin ve kısmen Kral veya baş ödenir.
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Un distretto del North Staffordshire, m. 9 lungo da 3 ampio, il centro di fabbricazione terracotta d'Inghilterra; include Hanley, Burslem, Stoke-upon-Trent, ecc.
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A seaport, fishing town, and watering-place of Norfolk, 20½ m. E. of Norwich and some 2 m. above the mouth of the Yare; is the principal seat of the English herring fishery, and is famous for its herrings, known as bloaters; it has a fine roadstead called Yarmouth Roads, a safe anchorage for ships, being protected by sandbanks; has a number of public buildings, in particular a parish church, one of the largest in England, and a fine marine parade.
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(Customs Union), a union of the German States under Prussia in 1827, and extended in 1867, to establish among them a uniform system of customs rates.
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A territory on the Zambesi, under British protection, and in the hands of the British South Africa Company, embracing Mashonaland, Matabeleland, and the country of Khama.
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(The last of the Romans), name given by Caesar to Brutus, as one with whom the old Roman spirit would become extinct; applied to the last of any sturdy race.
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A town of East Siberia, on the Yenisei, in a province of the name, and a centre of trade in it.
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