5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901 - 816 Seiten |
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... Fr. French . Ger . German . Gr . Greek . Heb . Hebrew . It . Italian . Lat . = Latin . pl . plural . prop . = properly . Span . = Spanish . Turk . Turkish . vii Five Thousand Facts and Fancies lace were confined there ,
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... Greeks and Trojans for the body of Achilles . These " Mar- bles " were probably produced about 50 years before the time of Phidias ( fl . 450 B.C. ) and mark the transition period in Greek sculpture from the old to the new style . AE I ...
... Greeks and Trojans for the body of Achilles . These " Mar- bles " were probably produced about 50 years before the time of Phidias ( fl . 450 B.C. ) and mark the transition period in Greek sculpture from the old to the new style . AE I ...
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... Greek poet , the history of mankind was divided into the follow- ing five ages : - ( 1 ) The Golden Age . ( 2 ) The Silver Age . ( 3 ) The Brazen Age . ( 4 ) The Heroic Age . ( 5 ) The Iron Age . In the Golden Age , the earth brought ...
... Greek poet , the history of mankind was divided into the follow- ing five ages : - ( 1 ) The Golden Age . ( 2 ) The Silver Age . ( 3 ) The Brazen Age . ( 4 ) The Heroic Age . ( 5 ) The Iron Age . In the Golden Age , the earth brought ...
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... Greek μɛyíorn ( greatest ) . See Syntaxis . " We find in the Almagest a clear exposi- tion of the system of the world , of the arrangement of the celestial bodies and their revolutions , a complete treatise of rectilinear and spherical ...
... Greek μɛyíorn ( greatest ) . See Syntaxis . " We find in the Almagest a clear exposi- tion of the system of the world , of the arrangement of the celestial bodies and their revolutions , a complete treatise of rectilinear and spherical ...
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... Greek artists , and even as late as the Middle Ages Amazons were said to dwell in Africa and America . See Amazon . Amber . A fossilized vegetable resin , found in great abundance on the shores of the Baltic Sea , especially between ...
... Greek artists , and even as late as the Middle Ages Amazons were said to dwell in Africa and America . See Amazon . Amber . A fossilized vegetable resin , found in great abundance on the shores of the Baltic Sea , especially between ...
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