The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... whole , they cannot claim high merit as works of art , viewed from an abstract modern standpoint . Considered in relation to their time , they are wonderful enough , so far ahead are they of anything that we could suppose to have been ...
... whole , they cannot claim high merit as works of art , viewed from an abstract modern standpoint . Considered in relation to their time , they are wonderful enough , so far ahead are they of anything that we could suppose to have been ...
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... whole route from the Burma frontier to the Yangtse at Chungking , with a view to the con- struction of a through line of railway . Several eminent French explorers have traversed the same region with the like object of finding a ...
... whole route from the Burma frontier to the Yangtse at Chungking , with a view to the con- struction of a through line of railway . Several eminent French explorers have traversed the same region with the like object of finding a ...
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... whole villages live in cave dwellings dug out in the vertical wall of loess . They construct spiral staircases , selecting places where the ground is firm , and excavate endless chambers and recesses which are said to be very ...
... whole villages live in cave dwellings dug out in the vertical wall of loess . They construct spiral staircases , selecting places where the ground is firm , and excavate endless chambers and recesses which are said to be very ...
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... whole governmental fabric of the Chinese Empire . This and the following sections must therefore be taken as representing the normal condition of things before the outbreak of disturbances in 1900 . Central Administration . — The ...
... whole governmental fabric of the Chinese Empire . This and the following sections must therefore be taken as representing the normal condition of things before the outbreak of disturbances in 1900 . Central Administration . — The ...
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... whole . are usually termed the literati , or gentry . Though the constitu- tion does not recognize them as having any share in the local government , yet they can exercise an enormous influence in public affairs . The peasantry who farm ...
... whole . are usually termed the literati , or gentry . Though the constitu- tion does not recognize them as having any share in the local government , yet they can exercise an enormous influence in public affairs . The peasantry who farm ...
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