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... original name as Paolo Cinella . The variety and inconsistency of the legends shew them to be myths - histories invented to account for the name . The modern P. is only a modification of an ancient Mask ( q . v . ) to be seen ...
... original name as Paolo Cinella . The variety and inconsistency of the legends shew them to be myths - histories invented to account for the name . The modern P. is only a modification of an ancient Mask ( q . v . ) to be seen ...
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... original personification of P. , which were a high back , distorted breast , and long nose , were intended to give an increased zest to his witticisms ; but these features have been much exaggerated in the now so well - known ...
... original personification of P. , which were a high back , distorted breast , and long nose , were intended to give an increased zest to his witticisms ; but these features have been much exaggerated in the now so well - known ...
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... Original Sanscrit Texts on the Origin and History peninsula of Purbeck , in Dorsetshire , and belongs to of the People of India , vols . 1-5 ( Lond . 1858-1871 ) . the upper section of the Purbeck Beds ( q . v . ) . PU'RBECK , ISLE OF ...
... Original Sanscrit Texts on the Origin and History peninsula of Purbeck , in Dorsetshire , and belongs to of the People of India , vols . 1-5 ( Lond . 1858-1871 ) . the upper section of the Purbeck Beds ( q . v . ) . PU'RBECK , ISLE OF ...
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... original Hindu myth is based - apart from the semi- historical and fantastical detail by which it was overgrown - seems to have been suggested by the ( supposed ) motion or wanderings ( Purûravas , from puru , much , and ravas , going ...
... original Hindu myth is based - apart from the semi- historical and fantastical detail by which it was overgrown - seems to have been suggested by the ( supposed ) motion or wanderings ( Purûravas , from puru , much , and ravas , going ...
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... original sepulchral chamber , called the Subterranean Apartment , 46 feet x 27 feet , and 11 feet 6 inches high , has been hewn in the solid rock , and was reached by the original passage of 320 feet long , which descended to it by an ...
... original sepulchral chamber , called the Subterranean Apartment , 46 feet x 27 feet , and 11 feet 6 inches high , has been hewn in the solid rock , and was reached by the original passage of 320 feet long , which descended to it by an ...
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