The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page xii
... direction has led only to disappointment . It would be rash , considering the buried treasures that may yet await the future explorer , to assert that such records as those in question can never come to light . But , considering the ...
... direction has led only to disappointment . It would be rash , considering the buried treasures that may yet await the future explorer , to assert that such records as those in question can never come to light . But , considering the ...
Page xv
... main current of scholarly opinion had set strongly in the direction of the belief that the Iliad and the Odyssey were in reality but latter - day collections of divers recitals that had been handed down by word of mouth PREFATORY ESSAY XV.
... main current of scholarly opinion had set strongly in the direction of the belief that the Iliad and the Odyssey were in reality but latter - day collections of divers recitals that had been handed down by word of mouth PREFATORY ESSAY XV.
Page xix
... direction of that realism for which Greek art is distinguished . If we would judge how direct and unequivocal was the impulse which the dying nation transferred to the adolescent one in point of art , we have but to take a few steps in ...
... direction of that realism for which Greek art is distinguished . If we would judge how direct and unequivocal was the impulse which the dying nation transferred to the adolescent one in point of art , we have but to take a few steps in ...
Page xxi
... direction . The Illinois and Michigan canal connects the Chicago river with the waters of the Mississippi for small craft , and it seems not unlikely that some day the new drainage canal will become a ship canal , thus making it ...
... direction . The Illinois and Michigan canal connects the Chicago river with the waters of the Mississippi for small craft , and it seems not unlikely that some day the new drainage canal will become a ship canal , thus making it ...
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... direction of a central committee . All cases are registered , new cases being examined in detail . Nearly 50,000 family records are on file in the bureau registration . During 1899 , 11,274 applications were made for the services of the ...
... direction of a central committee . All cases are registered , new cases being examined in detail . Nearly 50,000 family records are on file in the bureau registration . During 1899 , 11,274 applications were made for the services of the ...
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