The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... term which had hitherto been considered the full period of man's existence . We may note at once how these new figures disturb the historical balance . If our forerunners of eight or nine thousand years ago were in a noonday glare of ...
... term which had hitherto been considered the full period of man's existence . We may note at once how these new figures disturb the historical balance . If our forerunners of eight or nine thousand years ago were in a noonday glare of ...
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... term of existence not to be hoped for elsewhere . No fragment of these papyri , indeed , carries us further back than the age of the Ptolemies ; but the Greek inscriptions on the statues of Rameses II . at Abu - Simbel , in Nubia , give ...
... term of existence not to be hoped for elsewhere . No fragment of these papyri , indeed , carries us further back than the age of the Ptolemies ; but the Greek inscriptions on the statues of Rameses II . at Abu - Simbel , in Nubia , give ...
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... term of years from the city . One important effect of the abundant provision for local travel is seen in the concen- tration of business in the comparatively small area south of the main river and between the south branch and the lake ...
... term of years from the city . One important effect of the abundant provision for local travel is seen in the concen- tration of business in the comparatively small area south of the main river and between the south branch and the lake ...
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... term of two years . Thus the council is a con- tinuous body , one half of its seventy members being renewed annually . The powers of the council are very extensive , including the granting of franchises for the supplying of light and ...
... term of two years . Thus the council is a con- tinuous body , one half of its seventy members being renewed annually . The powers of the council are very extensive , including the granting of franchises for the supplying of light and ...
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... term of office the Egyptian war occurred , in which Childers acted with creditable energy ; and also the Boer war , in which he and his colleagues showed to less advantage . From 1882 to 1885 he was Chancellor of the Exchequer , and the ...
... term of office the Egyptian war occurred , in which Childers acted with creditable energy ; and also the Boer war , in which he and his colleagues showed to less advantage . From 1882 to 1885 he was Chancellor of the Exchequer , and the ...
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