The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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Page 29
... Persian despotism ; it was the skilful use of the oar by free citizens which was the glory of Athens in her prime . It is to be regretted that so little is known of the details connected with it , or of the disposal of the rowers on ...
... Persian despotism ; it was the skilful use of the oar by free citizens which was the glory of Athens in her prime . It is to be regretted that so little is known of the details connected with it , or of the disposal of the rowers on ...
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... Persian at home , Arabic at Patna ( where he studied Euclid , Aris- totle , and the Koran ) , and Sanskrit at Benares . Although a devout idolater in boyhood , he early began to doubt and " separate establishment " above stairs " and ...
... Persian at home , Arabic at Patna ( where he studied Euclid , Aris- totle , and the Koran ) , and Sanskrit at Benares . Although a devout idolater in boyhood , he early began to doubt and " separate establishment " above stairs " and ...
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... Persian , with an Arabic preface , and was a bold protest against superstition and priestcraft . These pro- ceedings brought on him much hostility , and even perse- cution , and in 1814 he retired to Calcutta for greater safety . Here ...
... Persian , with an Arabic preface , and was a bold protest against superstition and priestcraft . These pro- ceedings brought on him much hostility , and even perse- cution , and in 1814 he retired to Calcutta for greater safety . Here ...
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... Persia . king then despatched a return mission consisting of Friar Andrew of Lonjumel and other ecclesiastics , who carried presents and letters for both Ilchikadai and the Great Khan . They reached the court of the latter in the winter ...
... Persia . king then despatched a return mission consisting of Friar Andrew of Lonjumel and other ecclesiastics , who carried presents and letters for both Ilchikadai and the Great Khan . They reached the court of the latter in the winter ...
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... Persian , though so far remote from Persia ( 281 ) . The Yugurs ( or Uigurs ) of the country about Cailac ( see note above ) had formed a language and character of their own , and in that language and character the Nestorians of that ...
... Persian , though so far remote from Persia ( 281 ) . The Yugurs ( or Uigurs ) of the country about Cailac ( see note above ) had formed a language and character of their own , and in that language and character the Nestorians of that ...
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