Vulgar words in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 - "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" (Page 1)

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Fish are caught in great numbers in the rivers and marshes, chiefly barbel and carp, and the latter attain so great a size that one is a sufficient load for an ass.

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In 338 Bagoas killed the king and all his sons but the youngest, Arses (_q.v._), whom he raised to the throne; two years later he murdered Arses and made Darius III.

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He is a great favourite in Persian tradition, which relates many stories of his valour and beauty, of his victories over the Romans, Turks, Indians and Negroes, and of his adventures in hunting and in love; he is called Bahr[=a]m Gor, "the wild ass," on account of his strength and courage.

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Both male and female gonads consist of more or less lobulated hollow sacs connected with the epidermis by short ducts.

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These folds are called the genital pleurae because they contain the bulk of the gonads.

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Bastard Balm is an allied plant, _Melittis Melissophyllum_, a southern European species, found in the south and south-west of England.

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