The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page ix
... give more than a vague inkling of what was to follow . It remained , then , virtually true , as it had been for two thousand years , that for all that we could learn of the history of the Old Orient in pre - classical days , we must go ...
... give more than a vague inkling of what was to follow . It remained , then , virtually true , as it had been for two thousand years , that for all that we could learn of the history of the Old Orient in pre - classical days , we must go ...
Page xiii
... give up the old belief whenever tangible evidence of its fallaciousness was forthcoming . The case of the historical books of the Old Testament furnishes no exception . These had been sacred to almost a hundred generations of men , and ...
... give up the old belief whenever tangible evidence of its fallaciousness was forthcoming . The case of the historical books of the Old Testament furnishes no exception . These had been sacred to almost a hundred generations of men , and ...
Page xvi
... give tangible proof of its relatively high stage of civilization . Schliemann may or may not have been correct in identifying one of the seven cities that he unearthed at Hissarlik as the fabled Troy itself , but at least his efforts ...
... give tangible proof of its relatively high stage of civilization . Schliemann may or may not have been correct in identifying one of the seven cities that he unearthed at Hissarlik as the fabled Troy itself , but at least his efforts ...
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... give him an impartial trial . The question of how best to repair the damage occasioned to death of Balmaceda finished all cause of contention in the country by eight months of civil warfare . The plan Chile , and was the closing act of ...
... give him an impartial trial . The question of how best to repair the damage occasioned to death of Balmaceda finished all cause of contention in the country by eight months of civil warfare . The plan Chile , and was the closing act of ...
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... give way , nor was any disposition exhibited to refer the matter to arbitration under the protocol of 1896. The cry of an acute financial crisis emanating from the fear of war with Argentina was now raised in Chile . The President was ...
... give way , nor was any disposition exhibited to refer the matter to arbitration under the protocol of 1896. The cry of an acute financial crisis emanating from the fear of war with Argentina was now raised in Chile . The President was ...
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