The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... Greek philosopher and the English jurist . Aristotle was thinking of the small in- dependent states of Greece , Austin of the great peoples of modern Europe . The unit of government in the one case was a city , in the other a nation ...
... Greek philosopher and the English jurist . Aristotle was thinking of the small in- dependent states of Greece , Austin of the great peoples of modern Europe . The unit of government in the one case was a city , in the other a nation ...
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... Greek legend is the pre - Greek Indo - Germanic character more strongly marked . Eteocles , he whose glory is real , is the Vedic Satyaçravas , the sun ; and his genealogy consists of a string of epithets for sun and dawn . Charis ( Skt ...
... Greek legend is the pre - Greek Indo - Germanic character more strongly marked . Eteocles , he whose glory is real , is the Vedic Satyaçravas , the sun ; and his genealogy consists of a string of epithets for sun and dawn . Charis ( Skt ...
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... Greek cities along the coast of South Italy , while the people were called Italiotes ( ' Irairai ) . Like most Greek colonies , they were established first as trading stations , which grew into independent cities . At a very early time ...
... Greek cities along the coast of South Italy , while the people were called Italiotes ( ' Irairai ) . Like most Greek colonies , they were established first as trading stations , which grew into independent cities . At a very early time ...
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... Greek humi and xauaí are locatives , facillime ( facil- lumed ) and euruxus ablatives , Távy and dua instrumentals , Tápos , ¿ s , and Aoû genitives . The frequency with which particular cases of particular nouns were used in a speci ...
... Greek humi and xauaí are locatives , facillime ( facil- lumed ) and euruxus ablatives , Távy and dua instrumentals , Tápos , ¿ s , and Aoû genitives . The frequency with which particular cases of particular nouns were used in a speci ...
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... Greek ἵπποιο for ἱπποσιο ) ; in this case future time will have been regarded as an attribute of the subject , no distinction being drawn , for instance , between " rising sun and " the sun will rise . " It is possible , however , that ...
... Greek ἵπποιο for ἱπποσιο ) ; in this case future time will have been regarded as an attribute of the subject , no distinction being drawn , for instance , between " rising sun and " the sun will rise . " It is possible , however , that ...
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