Chambers's Encyclopaedia: Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the PeopleW. and R. Chambers, 1874 |
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... Greek colonies was the stater , so called because founded on a stan- dard of weight generally received before the intro- duction of coined money . There were double staters , and half , third , and quarter staters , and the stater was ...
... Greek colonies was the stater , so called because founded on a stan- dard of weight generally received before the intro- duction of coined money . There were double staters , and half , third , and quarter staters , and the stater was ...
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... Greek empire , the obverse bears the emperor's head , and the reverse generally the chief temple of the gods in the city of coinage ; the inscriptions are in Greek . In the imperial coins of Alexandria appear such characteristic devices ...
... Greek empire , the obverse bears the emperor's head , and the reverse generally the chief temple of the gods in the city of coinage ; the inscriptions are in Greek . In the imperial coins of Alexandria appear such characteristic devices ...
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... Greek con- ventionalism . The quartered shield supplanted the four shields , and on the reverse of the crown appeared a Grecianised St George and the dragon . George IV.'s bust is taken from Chantrey's statue ; the rose , thistle , and ...
... Greek con- ventionalism . The quartered shield supplanted the four shields , and on the reverse of the crown appeared a Grecianised St George and the dragon . George IV.'s bust is taken from Chantrey's statue ; the rose , thistle , and ...
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... Greek and Latin writers . As a cosmetic - that is to say , as a means of giving to the skin and hair a smooth and ... Greeks , and the Romans ; and Pliny's statement that butter is used by the negroes , and the lower class of Arabs , for ...
... Greek and Latin writers . As a cosmetic - that is to say , as a means of giving to the skin and hair a smooth and ... Greeks , and the Romans ; and Pliny's statement that butter is used by the negroes , and the lower class of Arabs , for ...
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... Greeks , Thus of the Romans , of all which terms the ordinary English translation is Frankincense ( q.v. ) . It ... Greek political writers to that perversion of an aristocracy in which the rule of the dominant part of the community ...
... Greeks , Thus of the Romans , of all which terms the ordinary English translation is Frankincense ( q.v. ) . It ... Greek political writers to that perversion of an aristocracy in which the rule of the dominant part of the community ...
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