Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1896 - 277 pages |
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... existed a group (often referred to evasively as “such men”) that constituted a recognized natural phenomenon, susceptible to causal analysis of the same kind as they applied to other topics treated in the Problemata, such as shrubs ...
... existed a group (often referred to evasively as “such men”) that constituted a recognized natural phenomenon, susceptible to causal analysis of the same kind as they applied to other topics treated in the Problemata, such as shrubs ...
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... existed as a matter of law . 2. The Trial Judge Correctly Considered the Above Standards When Making His Decision That no Duty Existed Under the Facts of This Case As in the Harris and Forrand cases , the trial judge in this action ...
... existed as a matter of law . 2. The Trial Judge Correctly Considered the Above Standards When Making His Decision That no Duty Existed Under the Facts of This Case As in the Harris and Forrand cases , the trial judge in this action ...
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... existed at the Columbia Avenue bridge , and at the Broadway bridge , before the water broke over the river banks and flooded the low ground to the west . Probably the worst condition in the city exists at the Spy Run bridge , where ...
... existed at the Columbia Avenue bridge , and at the Broadway bridge , before the water broke over the river banks and flooded the low ground to the west . Probably the worst condition in the city exists at the Spy Run bridge , where ...
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... existed . Defendant , by its own conduct , has demonstrated that a fiduciary relationship existed in that it segregated the funds . Moreover , there can be no question that defendant was enriched by its use of the escrow funds , and ...
... existed . Defendant , by its own conduct , has demonstrated that a fiduciary relationship existed in that it segregated the funds . Moreover , there can be no question that defendant was enriched by its use of the escrow funds , and ...
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... existed in Upper Canada ; it was sufficient to say that they had proved inadequate for the purpose intended , and that it was necessary that some alteration should take place . The first Act of the Upper Canada Legislature on the ...
... existed in Upper Canada ; it was sufficient to say that they had proved inadequate for the purpose intended , and that it was necessary that some alteration should take place . The first Act of the Upper Canada Legislature on the ...
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Page 146 - Chuen. The country of the hills of mud, the land of Mu was sacrificed: being twice upheaved it suddenly disappeared during the night, the basin being continually shaken by volcanic forces. Being confined, these caused the land to sink and to rise several times and in various places. At last the surface gave way and ten countries were torn asunder and scattered. Unable to stand the force of the convulsions, they sank with their 64,000,000 of inhabitants 8060 years before the writing of this book.
Page 5 - In the vicinity of Thebes there are sacred serpents, not at all troublesome to men ; they are very small, but have two horns on the top of their head. When they die they are buried in the Temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong.
Page 71 - There was only immobility and silence in the darkness, in the night. Only the Creator, the Maker, Tepeu, Gucumatz, the Forefathers, were in the water surrounded with light. They were hidden under green and blue feathers, and were therefore called Gucumatz.
Page 11 - It is now, as it was formerly, observed at or near the beginning of November by the Peruvians, the Hindoos, the Pacific islanders, the people of the Tonga Islands, the Australians, the ancient Persians, the ancient Egyptians, and the northern nations of Europe, and continued for three days among the Japanese, the Hindoos, the Australians, the ancient Romans, and the ancient Egyptians.
Page 11 - This startling fact at once drew my attention to the question, How was this uniformity in the time of observance preserved, not only in far distant quarters of the globe, but also through that vast lapse of time since the Peruvian and the Indo-European first inherited this primeval festival from a common source?
Page 255 - But since this tradition is not published alone for him who perceives the magnificence of the word; it is requisite, therefore, to hide in a Mystery the wisdom spoken, which the Son of God taught.
Page 251 - And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord.
Page xi - West had been interrupted because of cataclysms destroying the intervening country, and — the mud that had made the sea impassable since the destruction of Atlantis by earthquakes and submersion." It is here shown beyond controversy that the Lands of the West were to the west of America, because America was the "intervening lands...
Page 98 - ... branch at his birth, and this branch or tendril reached the ground when he was to be made king. Taneua, a bamboo used on the occasion, was said to draw its roots out of the ground at the approach of the ceremony, and to leap into the hand of the person who was sent for it. The inauguration ceremony, answering to coronation among other nations, consisted in girding the king with the maro ura, or sacred girdle of red feathers; which not only raised him to the highest earthly station, but identified...
Page 7 - The young luminary, the priests said, did not forget those that had been extinguished, and from whom he was descended; and Amon paid them this mark of respect to warn the devout not to forget those who were passed away, and to whom they owed their existence. "Bring offerings," says a pious text, "to thy father and thy mother who rest in the valley of the tombs; for he who gives these offerings is as acceptable to the Gods as if they were brought to themselves. Often visit thy dead, so that what thou...