Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Volume 6Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake B.B. Mussey & Company, 1851 |
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... century , the nation scarcely showed a trace of the noble characteristics of their fathers . The bar- barians soon after began their ruinous in- cursions into Greece . - Besides the well known works on the history of Greece , by Mitford ...
... century , the nation scarcely showed a trace of the noble characteristics of their fathers . The bar- barians soon after began their ruinous in- cursions into Greece . - Besides the well known works on the history of Greece , by Mitford ...
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... century the writing of books was imro- duced among the Greeks . Wolf proves not only that Homer committed to writ- ing nothing which he sung , the skins of animals not having been used for writing till after him , nor Egyptian papyrus ...
... century the writing of books was imro- duced among the Greeks . Wolf proves not only that Homer committed to writ- ing nothing which he sung , the skins of animals not having been used for writing till after him , nor Egyptian papyrus ...
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... century . This Greek patois de- parted still more from the purity of the written language , which took refuge at court , in the tribunals of justice , and the halls of instruction , when the Frank cru- saders augmented it by their own ...
... century . This Greek patois de- parted still more from the purity of the written language , which took refuge at court , in the tribunals of justice , and the halls of instruction , when the Frank cru- saders augmented it by their own ...
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... century . On the other hand , it was increased by the accession of several Sclavonian nations , and espe- cially of the Russians , who were com- pelled by the great prince Wladimir , in the year 988 , to adopt the creed of the Greek ...
... century . On the other hand , it was increased by the accession of several Sclavonian nations , and espe- cially of the Russians , who were com- pelled by the great prince Wladimir , in the year 988 , to adopt the creed of the Greek ...
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... century , Nicolas Zeno , describes Greenland as it existed in his time . In 1818 , England sent an expedition to the Polar sea , because the ice at the north pole was said to have decreased , and a north - west passage was believed prac ...
... century , Nicolas Zeno , describes Greenland as it existed in his time . In 1818 , England sent an expedition to the Polar sea , because the ice at the north pole was said to have decreased , and a north - west passage was believed prac ...
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