The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page ix
... early periods of Oriental history . Indeed , the greatest feat of the archæologist has been the opening up to our observation , and the bringing within the scope of the historian , of long periods which , without his aid , must still ...
... early periods of Oriental history . Indeed , the greatest feat of the archæologist has been the opening up to our observation , and the bringing within the scope of the historian , of long periods which , without his aid , must still ...
Page x
... early days of the 19th century , thanks to the sagacious guesses of the German philologist Grotefend . Working with some inscriptions from Persepolis which were found to contain references to Darius and Xerxes , Grotefend had ...
... early days of the 19th century , thanks to the sagacious guesses of the German philologist Grotefend . Working with some inscriptions from Persepolis which were found to contain references to Darius and Xerxes , Grotefend had ...
Page xiii
... early date for the Mosaic accounts . But such inferences as these are but a vague return for the labour expended , and an almost cruelly inadequate response to seemingly well - founded expectations . When we turn to the field of ...
... early date for the Mosaic accounts . But such inferences as these are but a vague return for the labour expended , and an almost cruelly inadequate response to seemingly well - founded expectations . When we turn to the field of ...
Page xv
... early decades of the 19th century , and their authenticity had come to be more than doubted . The philological analysis of Wolf and his successors had raised doubts as to the very existence of Homer , and at one time the main current of ...
... early decades of the 19th century , and their authenticity had come to be more than doubted . The philological analysis of Wolf and his successors had raised doubts as to the very existence of Homer , and at one time the main current of ...
Page xvi
... early history of Greece . Cautious historians had come to regard the so - called " Heroic Age " as a prehistoric period regarding which nothing definite was known , or in all probability could be known . It was ably argued by Sir George ...
... early history of Greece . Cautious historians had come to regard the so - called " Heroic Age " as a prehistoric period regarding which nothing definite was known , or in all probability could be known . It was ably argued by Sir George ...
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