American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 |
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... origin of this horrid cus- tom is said to have been the practice of sacrificing captives to the manes of chiefs killed in battle . It seems , however , more probable , that it arose from the funeral games of antiquity , when the friends ...
... origin of this horrid cus- tom is said to have been the practice of sacrificing captives to the manes of chiefs killed in battle . It seems , however , more probable , that it arose from the funeral games of antiquity , when the friends ...
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... origin of gothic architecture , it must follow , that architects were held in as little estimation about the time of Henry III . as common masons are at pre- sent ; but this inference is doubtful , and the cause that the names of the ...
... origin of gothic architecture , it must follow , that architects were held in as little estimation about the time of Henry III . as common masons are at pre- sent ; but this inference is doubtful , and the cause that the names of the ...
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... origin of the style have thought that the first idea of high pointed ailes was taken from avenues of lofty trees , the branches of which inter- weaving , suggested the rich ribs and tra- cery of the later specimens of the art , but this ...
... origin of the style have thought that the first idea of high pointed ailes was taken from avenues of lofty trees , the branches of which inter- weaving , suggested the rich ribs and tra- cery of the later specimens of the art , but this ...
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... Origin of Alphabetical WRITING ; We shall here content our- selves with making the philosophy of our own language our principal object , though we may occasionally be led to state the more general principles of grammar , and derive our ...
... Origin of Alphabetical WRITING ; We shall here content our- selves with making the philosophy of our own language our principal object , though we may occasionally be led to state the more general principles of grammar , and derive our ...
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... origin of the greater part of them ; and the few that remain will probably be hereafter traced by some of those gram- marians who are treading in his steps . We now proceed to a few remarks on each of these sorts of words : our limits ...
... origin of the greater part of them ; and the few that remain will probably be hereafter traced by some of those gram- marians who are treading in his steps . We now proceed to a few remarks on each of these sorts of words : our limits ...
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