10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUMBROUS»
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cumbrous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Pottery Style and Society in Ancient Peru: Art as a Mirror ...
The earlier Ica forms of Cumbrous Bowls differ in some features from those of
Phase 6. The most common Ica 3 shape has spheroid or near-spheroid
unrestricted contours ending not far below the equator of the projected sphere (
fig. 14, pi.
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The encyclopædic dictionary. 7 vols. [in 14].
The Cambrian, as thus described, is made immediately to follow the Laurentian
and precede the Silurian formation. cumbrous, (u [Eng. cumber; -ous.] 1.
Burdensome, weighty, oppressive ; embarrassing by reason of weight. " The * tr
oiiif and ...
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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New & Original Work of ...
The rtrong and cumbrous arms t ho <ra) buit wield. The weaker warrior takes a
lighter shield." Pops : HomsVs lUad, xlv t u . 44*. 2. Causing trouble or
annoyance ; vexatious, annoying. " A cloud of cumbrous gnattea doe him molest,
All strirlng ...
Early one fine morning a cumbrous Cimmerian crocodile rumbled out of the
supposedly uninhabited interior of the Cimmerian darkness, and stood goggling
his eyes in the bright sunshine. After his eyes had become accustomed to the ...
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The People's Power: Or, How to Wield the Ballot
Second Charge: " Cumbrous in detail." Answer: " Mr. Hare has embodied in a law
, containing no more than about thirty clauses, rules which are to supply the place
of all the existing acts of Parliament and reported cases relating to the law and ...
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
Ponderous and clumsy, they bludgeon the mind into a reluctant assent — Huxley
) Something is cumbrous or cumbersome which is so heavy and so bulky that it is
difficult to deal with (as in moving or carrying) <the only currency in circulation ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Universal Dictionary of the English Language: A New and ...
cumbrous-cummin 1393 Upper Cambrian, he places Tremadoc Slates, and the
Lingula Flags of Britain, enumerating as their foreign equivalents in age part of
Barrande's Primordial Zone of Bohemia, the Alum Schists of Sweden and Norway
, ...
Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, Thomas Henry Huxley, 1897
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The imperial dictionary of the English language: a complete ...
Swift to their several quarters hasted then The cumbrous elements, earth, flood,
air, fire. Milton. The cumbrous and unwieldy style which disfigures English
composition so extensively. De Quincey. Cumbrously (kum'brus-li), adv. In a
cumbrous ...
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale, 1885
And as you said before that persons under the old law had to raise money by
cumbrous means, probably those means would be more expensive than the
direct means which they can now resort to ?—Yes; but I think that being more
cumbrous, ...
United States House of Representatives, 1866
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Sessional Papers Printed by Order of the House of Lords, Or ...
And as you said before that Persons under the old Law had to raise Money by
cumbrous Means, probably those Means would be more expensive than the
direct Means which they can now resort to ? Yes ; but I think that being more
cumbrous ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, 1841
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUMBROUS»
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What's the deal with Google's Eiji Tsuburaya Godzilla doodle? (+ …
The Doodle has 10 levels, each of which has the user assisting in one form of filmmaking or another: helping actors put on cumbrous costumes, ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
The Government of India Bill
... denote the Governor General in Legislative Council, has been deleted and the old, familiar though cumbrous, phraseology re-inserted at the ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
What Does It Mean to Support Israel? An Evangelical Chaplain …
For the cumbrous scheme of Elohists, Jehovists, Deuteronomists, and the like, by which this natural conclusion is overruled, see Introduction. «Christian News Wire, Jun 15»
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The technological platform that can facilitate this in a less cumbrous manner has been named the 'JAM Number Trinity', covering the Jan Dhan ... «The Statesman, May 15»
The Curious Case of Sergeant Doe
An ice pick in the jungle, twenty-one confirmed kills, a cumbrous and loaded .45 kept in the small of the back, a general who murmurs ... «CounterPunch, May 15»
Israeli Drama The Farewell Party Looks Empathetically at a Very …
That somewhat grave outlook is reflected in writer-director team Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon's curious mix of sensitive writing and cumbrous ... «Village Voice, May 15»
Science Fiction: Social Maxima
The affinity offers personal replacements for the cumbrous institutions we have now. An early one is TauBourse, the hedge fund you can trust. «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
Maine Road Mania: City v Spurs 1994
But you don't have to load in and rewind a cumbrous video tape to relive these essential moments of youth anymore. These days nostalgia hits ... «Manchester City FC, Apr 15»
Bankers' Lobbyists Love Elizabeth Warren
Because the most cumbrous and invasive of the Dodd-Frank provisions apply only to the largest firms, the smaller firms saw an opportunity to ... «National Review Online, Apr 15»
While We're Young — review
An early laugh comes from the pre-credits Ibsen quotation: The Master Builder's cumbrous-comical yet sonorously germane duologue about ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
