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... Greek name alpha . For engraving or tracing on stone or other hard materials , characters com- posed of straight lines are best adapted , and such was naturally the earliest form of A and the other letters . It is easy to trace the ...
... Greek name alpha . For engraving or tracing on stone or other hard materials , characters com- posed of straight lines are best adapted , and such was naturally the earliest form of A and the other letters . It is easy to trace the ...
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... Greek Church , the superiors of convents are called Hegumeni or Mandrites , and general abbots , Archi- mandrites ... Greek and Roman letters had been invented by transcribers for facili tating their work , that signs of abbreviation ...
... Greek Church , the superiors of convents are called Hegumeni or Mandrites , and general abbots , Archi- mandrites ... Greek and Roman letters had been invented by transcribers for facili tating their work , that signs of abbreviation ...
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... Greek ; Lat . , Latin ; Ital . , Italian ; & c . H.E.I.C.S. , Hon . East India Company's Service . H.M.S. , His or Her Majesty's Service , or Ship . H.R.H. , His or Her Royal Highness . Ib . or Ibid . ( Ibidem ) , In the same place ...
... Greek ; Lat . , Latin ; Ital . , Italian ; & c . H.E.I.C.S. , Hon . East India Company's Service . H.M.S. , His or Her Majesty's Service , or Ship . H.R.H. , His or Her Royal Highness . Ib . or Ibid . ( Ibidem ) , In the same place ...
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... Greeks to seek an asylum in Italy , do we find any trace of a similar institution . Under the enlightened patronage of ... Greek and Platonic Academies of Florence , there arose institutions of a more com- prehensive character , the ...
... Greeks to seek an asylum in Italy , do we find any trace of a similar institution . Under the enlightened patronage of ... Greek and Platonic Academies of Florence , there arose institutions of a more com- prehensive character , the ...
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... Greek TION , LIGHT , COLOUR . When the direct ray is campaign against Troy , appeared with fifty vessels refracted , it divides itself into coloured rays , deviat- manned by his followers , the Myrmidons ; but ing in various degrees ...
... Greek TION , LIGHT , COLOUR . When the direct ray is campaign against Troy , appeared with fifty vessels refracted , it divides itself into coloured rays , deviat- manned by his followers , the Myrmidons ; but ing in various degrees ...
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 1 Ephraim Chambers Affichage du livre entier - 1870 |
Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 1 Ephraim Chambers Affichage du livre entier - 1870 |
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