Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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Page xix
... mother - country in the West she had caused to be erected , not only a memorial hall to the memory of her brother - husband , but also a superb mausoleum in which were placed his remains and a statue representing him . On the top of the ...
... mother - country in the West she had caused to be erected , not only a memorial hall to the memory of her brother - husband , but also a superb mausoleum in which were placed his remains and a statue representing him . On the top of the ...
Page xxiii
... mother of nations . Then , perhaps , will be awakened , in the mind of those in whose power it is to do it , a desire to save and preserve what remains of the mural inscriptions carved on the walls of the ruined palaces and temples of ...
... mother of nations . Then , perhaps , will be awakened , in the mind of those in whose power it is to do it , a desire to save and preserve what remains of the mural inscriptions carved on the walls of the ruined palaces and temples of ...
Page xxxv
... mothers had lulled them to sleep in the days of their childhood . These stories were set down as undoubted tradi- tions of olden times . Later on , when the Conquest was achieved , some of the natives who really possessed a knowledge of ...
... mothers had lulled them to sleep in the days of their childhood . These stories were set down as undoubted tradi- tions of olden times . Later on , when the Conquest was achieved , some of the natives who really possessed a knowledge of ...
Page xxxvi
... mother - an assertion that seemed most absurd to those worshippers of the sun , moon , and other celestial bodies , who regarded Ku , the Divine Essence , the uncreated Soul of the World , as the only Supreme God , not to be represented ...
... mother - an assertion that seemed most absurd to those worshippers of the sun , moon , and other celestial bodies , who regarded Ku , the Divine Essence , the uncreated Soul of the World , as the only Supreme God , not to be represented ...
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... mother country to their new abodes - so we may imagine it happened with the Mayas at some remote period in the past . 1 See Appendix , note iv .; Cogolludo , Hist . de Yucathan , lib . v . , cap . xvi . , xvii . , xviii . John L ...
... mother country to their new abodes - so we may imagine it happened with the Mayas at some remote period in the past . 1 See Appendix , note iv .; Cogolludo , Hist . de Yucathan , lib . v . , cap . xvi . , xvii . , xviii . John L ...
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