The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... ancient town and the new suburb embellished by Hadrian . On the north - western front of the architrave is the inscription αἶδ ̓ εἰσ ' ̓Αθῆναι Θησέως ἡ πρὶν πόλις ; on the other front , αἶδ ̓ εἰσ ̓ Αδριανοῦ καὶ οὐχὶ Θησέως πόλις . At ...
... ancient town and the new suburb embellished by Hadrian . On the north - western front of the architrave is the inscription αἶδ ̓ εἰσ ' ̓Αθῆναι Θησέως ἡ πρὶν πόλις ; on the other front , αἶδ ̓ εἰσ ̓ Αδριανοῦ καὶ οὐχὶ Θησέως πόλις . At ...
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... ancient sewers have been cleared and repaired , and the marshes of Cephisus drained . Excava- tions of ancient sites and buildings have been carried out , - sent | chiefly through the efforts of the Archæological Society of Athens , but ...
... ancient sewers have been cleared and repaired , and the marshes of Cephisus drained . Excava- tions of ancient sites and buildings have been carried out , - sent | chiefly through the efforts of the Archæological Society of Athens , but ...
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... ancient times the inhabitants were famous for longevity . Several towns , such as Sane , Dium , Olophyxus , Cleonæ , are mentioned by Greek and Latin writers as existing in the Peninsula ; but none of them seem to have attained any ...
... ancient times the inhabitants were famous for longevity . Several towns , such as Sane , Dium , Olophyxus , Cleonæ , are mentioned by Greek and Latin writers as existing in the Peninsula ; but none of them seem to have attained any ...
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... ancient cemetery , and a small Dominican monastery . Previous to the Union it The returned two members to the Irish parliament . principal trade is in corn , which is ground at the neigh- bouring mills . Population in 1871 , 4510 ...
... ancient cemetery , and a small Dominican monastery . Previous to the Union it The returned two members to the Irish parliament . principal trade is in corn , which is ground at the neigh- bouring mills . Population in 1871 , 4510 ...
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... ancient philosophers whose speculations are nothing . known to us seem to have discussed the ideas of number and of continuous magnitude , of space and time , of matter and motion , with a native power of thought which has probably ...
... ancient philosophers whose speculations are nothing . known to us seem to have discussed the ideas of number and of continuous magnitude , of space and time , of matter and motion , with a native power of thought which has probably ...
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