The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page xi
... less than five thousand , perhaps not less than six thousand years B.C. Both from Egypt and Mesopotamia , then , the records of the archæologist have brought us evidence of the existence of a highly developed civilization for a period ...
... less than five thousand , perhaps not less than six thousand years B.C. Both from Egypt and Mesopotamia , then , the records of the archæologist have brought us evidence of the existence of a highly developed civilization for a period ...
Page xix
... less than wonderful . It is worth a visit to London from the remotest land to see these sculptures from the palace of the old Assyrian king . Still , though these bas - reliefs have intrinsic merits as works of art , their chief value ...
... less than wonderful . It is worth a visit to London from the remotest land to see these sculptures from the palace of the old Assyrian king . Still , though these bas - reliefs have intrinsic merits as works of art , their chief value ...
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... less terrible . Looting was for some days almost universal . But it would have been well , for the credit of Western civilization and Christianity , had the reprisals exercised by some of the foreign contingents been confined to looting ...
... less terrible . Looting was for some days almost universal . But it would have been well , for the credit of Western civilization and Christianity , had the reprisals exercised by some of the foreign contingents been confined to looting ...
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... less for- midable in its effects , than when the water alone is the source of mischief . In all these respects it has a great affinity to enteric fever . With regard to locality , no situation can be said to be free from attack if the ...
... less for- midable in its effects , than when the water alone is the source of mischief . In all these respects it has a great affinity to enteric fever . With regard to locality , no situation can be said to be free from attack if the ...
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... less violent character than that which came simultaneously by way of Russia , was never ascertained . Its activity was confined to France , particularly in the neighbourhood of Paris , together with Belgium and Holland , which was ...
... less violent character than that which came simultaneously by way of Russia , was never ascertained . Its activity was confined to France , particularly in the neighbourhood of Paris , together with Belgium and Holland , which was ...
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