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... bearing upon or illustrating the point under consideration ) whenever it ap- peared to me that they would lose their interest by curtailment . Many repetitions will be found in the course of these pages , and these I have allowed to ...
... bearing upon or illustrating the point under consideration ) whenever it ap- peared to me that they would lose their interest by curtailment . Many repetitions will be found in the course of these pages , and these I have allowed to ...
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... bearing the names and titles of the kings , whenever a more satisfactory mode of interpreting their hiero- glyphical legends , than the present conjectural method , shall have been discovered and applied to their investigation . These ...
... bearing the names and titles of the kings , whenever a more satisfactory mode of interpreting their hiero- glyphical legends , than the present conjectural method , shall have been discovered and applied to their investigation . These ...
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... bearing also legends in Semitic letters ( of which they were the first inventors ) , and even some cylinders are preserved clearly attributable to the same people . They diffused the knowledge of this , together with the other arts ...
... bearing also legends in Semitic letters ( of which they were the first inventors ) , and even some cylinders are preserved clearly attributable to the same people . They diffused the knowledge of this , together with the other arts ...
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... bearing the engra- ver's name , but the greater portion unsigned , until the reign of Severus . In fact , some of the finest extant belong to the times of Hadrian , the most flourishing period of Roman art in all its extent ; but from ...
... bearing the engra- ver's name , but the greater portion unsigned , until the reign of Severus . In fact , some of the finest extant belong to the times of Hadrian , the most flourishing period of Roman art in all its extent ; but from ...
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... bearing the stamp of their era upon themselves , and hence valuable historically as monuments of a particular period of art . But the engravers of the last century totally disclaimed all originality , content- ing themselves for the ...
... bearing the stamp of their era upon themselves , and hence valuable historically as monuments of a particular period of art . But the engravers of the last century totally disclaimed all originality , content- ing themselves for the ...
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