The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page viii
... generation accepts the antiquity of man as a mere matter of fact . Here , as so often elsewhere , the heresy of an elder day has come to seem almost an axiomatic truth . This is not the place to suggest , even in viii PREFATORY ESSAY.
... generation accepts the antiquity of man as a mere matter of fact . Here , as so often elsewhere , the heresy of an elder day has come to seem almost an axiomatic truth . This is not the place to suggest , even in viii PREFATORY ESSAY.
Page xii
... matter as the great conflict between Persia and Greece it has been suggested more than once that we should be able to gain a much truer view were Persian as well as Greek accounts accessible . Not many years ago it would have been ...
... matter as the great conflict between Persia and Greece it has been suggested more than once that we should be able to gain a much truer view were Persian as well as Greek accounts accessible . Not many years ago it would have been ...
Page xv
... matter . On the one hand , the general agreement everywhere between the Hebrew accounts and contemporaneous records from Mesopotamia proves beyond cavil that , broadly speaking , the Bible accounts are historically true , and were ...
... matter . On the one hand , the general agreement everywhere between the Hebrew accounts and contemporaneous records from Mesopotamia proves beyond cavil that , broadly speaking , the Bible accounts are historically true , and were ...
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... matter by what party nominated , and recom- mends election or defeat , as the case may be . As a result the council has been largely redeemed from the corrupt element which at one time controlled it . AUTHORITIES . - ANDREAS . History ...
... matter by what party nominated , and recom- mends election or defeat , as the case may be . As a result the council has been largely redeemed from the corrupt element which at one time controlled it . AUTHORITIES . - ANDREAS . History ...
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... matter and specifically deals with the offence of " cruelty " to children . This offence can only be committed by a ... matters . The special legislation against the em- ployment of children in agricultural gangs and in sweep- ing ...
... matter and specifically deals with the offence of " cruelty " to children . This offence can only be committed by a ... matters . The special legislation against the em- ployment of children in agricultural gangs and in sweep- ing ...
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