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... fact that , though the ancients , and particularly the Romans , were expert road makers , working according to scientific plans , there is in existence no treatise on the ancient art of road - making nor on any other branch of ancient ...
... fact that , though the ancients , and particularly the Romans , were expert road makers , working according to scientific plans , there is in existence no treatise on the ancient art of road - making nor on any other branch of ancient ...
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... fact that the papyrus was manufactured in Egypt helped to give Alexandria its im- portance as a book - producing centre , and its geographical posi- tion kept it , to a large extent , outside the constant wars that devastated so large a ...
... fact that the papyrus was manufactured in Egypt helped to give Alexandria its im- portance as a book - producing centre , and its geographical posi- tion kept it , to a large extent , outside the constant wars that devastated so large a ...
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... fact that they did not possess our sense of superiority to the rest of creation . They believed that all ani- mals had souls , and that there was personality even in the inani- mate . Thus Herodotus tells us that the Egyptians regarded ...
... fact that they did not possess our sense of superiority to the rest of creation . They believed that all ani- mals had souls , and that there was personality even in the inani- mate . Thus Herodotus tells us that the Egyptians regarded ...
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... fact in human history than the universality of folk - songs and legends . There is an amazing similarity between the subjects of the songs of the East and the songs of the West , and stories are common to all the peoples of the world ...
... fact in human history than the universality of folk - songs and legends . There is an amazing similarity between the subjects of the songs of the East and the songs of the West , and stories are common to all the peoples of the world ...
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... The universality of the classic myths is shown by the fact that the name Eurydice is derived from the Sanskrit and means " the broad spreading flush of the dawn across the sky . " Photo : Fredk . Hollyer , London . STORY OF.
... The universality of the classic myths is shown by the fact that the name Eurydice is derived from the Sanskrit and means " the broad spreading flush of the dawn across the sky . " Photo : Fredk . Hollyer , London . STORY OF.
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