The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page ix
... appears at a glance that the Assyrian written character consists of groups of horizontal , vertical , or oblique strokes . The characters thus com- posed , though so simple as to their basal unit , are appallingly complex in their ...
... appears at a glance that the Assyrian written character consists of groups of horizontal , vertical , or oblique strokes . The characters thus com- posed , though so simple as to their basal unit , are appallingly complex in their ...
Page xiv
... appears , the Assyrian king survived that campaign by twenty years . One cannot avoid the suspicion that in this instance the Hebrew chronicler purposely phrased his account to convey the impression that Sennacherib's tragic end was but ...
... appears , the Assyrian king survived that campaign by twenty years . One cannot avoid the suspicion that in this instance the Hebrew chronicler purposely phrased his account to convey the impression that Sennacherib's tragic end was but ...
Page xviii
... appears that the kings of that far - off time and land were connoisseurs of art as well as patrons of literature ; and the art treasures of their palaces certainly form the most striking , if not the most important , part of the ...
... appears that the kings of that far - off time and land were connoisseurs of art as well as patrons of literature ; and the art treasures of their palaces certainly form the most striking , if not the most important , part of the ...
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... appears , also , that the soil needs little or no manuring , and very little tillage . From its extremely From its ... appear , however , that much care is taken . The standing orders are that the returns are to be made every three years ...
... appears , also , that the soil needs little or no manuring , and very little tillage . From its extremely From its ... appear , however , that much care is taken . The standing orders are that the returns are to be made every three years ...
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... appears that the irreducible minimum is , in the more fertile parts , as low as a sixth of an acre per head . In ... appear from the records that this promise has been kept as far as the central Government has been concerned . In all its ...
... appears that the irreducible minimum is , in the more fertile parts , as low as a sixth of an acre per head . In ... appear from the records that this promise has been kept as far as the central Government has been concerned . In all its ...
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