The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1884 |
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... interest . The climate is semi - tropical , and the " vega " or plain of Motril has been found pecu- liarly adapted for the culture of the sugar - cane , of which the annual average yield has recently been estimated at 113,636 tons . In ...
... interest . The climate is semi - tropical , and the " vega " or plain of Motril has been found pecu- liarly adapted for the culture of the sugar - cane , of which the annual average yield has recently been estimated at 113,636 tons . In ...
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... interest as forming an evident link between Assyrian and Byzantine art , and they are not remotely connected with the decora- tion on Moslem buildings of comparatively modern date.1 Especially in Italy during the Middle Ages a similar ...
... interest as forming an evident link between Assyrian and Byzantine art , and they are not remotely connected with the decora- tion on Moslem buildings of comparatively modern date.1 Especially in Italy during the Middle Ages a similar ...
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... interest was given to the historical subjects by the intro- duction of portraits ; e.g. , in the great picture of the battle of Marathon ( 490 B.C. ) , on the walls of the σToà Tоkíλn in Athens , portraits were given of the Greek ...
... interest was given to the historical subjects by the intro- duction of portraits ; e.g. , in the great picture of the battle of Marathon ( 490 B.C. ) , on the walls of the σToà Tоkíλn in Athens , portraits were given of the Greek ...
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... interest , as well as the publication of his various philosophical , theological , legal , poetical , and other works absorbed the greater part of his time and attention . These as they successively appeared added to his growing ...
... interest , as well as the publication of his various philosophical , theological , legal , poetical , and other works absorbed the greater part of his time and attention . These as they successively appeared added to his growing ...
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... interest , because it contains the story of almost the earliest appearance of living things upon this planet . From the year 1825 , when his first paper was read , down to the year of his death he continued to augment the literature of ...
... interest , because it contains the story of almost the earliest appearance of living things upon this planet . From the year 1825 , when his first paper was read , down to the year of his death he continued to augment the literature of ...
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