The Intellectual Rise in Electricity: A HistoryLongmans, Green & Company, 1895 - 611 páginas |
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... under contribution for the delec- tation of the fair Julia . " All those letters which are at- tributed by Laertius to the Philosophers , " remarks Julius 1 Apuleius : Floridor , 361 . Scaliger , ' as usual , savagely , " I.
... under contribution for the delec- tation of the fair Julia . " All those letters which are at- tributed by Laertius to the Philosophers , " remarks Julius 1 Apuleius : Floridor , 361 . Scaliger , ' as usual , savagely , " I.
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... letter to Boesius , applies it to a statue of Cupid in the temple of Diana of Ephesus . And then last , but not least , it reached its final resting place in the legend of Mahomet's coffin . Since this myth furnishes the sub- stance of ...
... letter to Boesius , applies it to a statue of Cupid in the temple of Diana of Ephesus . And then last , but not least , it reached its final resting place in the legend of Mahomet's coffin . Since this myth furnishes the sub- stance of ...
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... letters and polity , and have dwelt upon land capable of supporting them ; so that there has been little natural inducement to them to enter into communication with the rest of the world . The bor- dering nations were , for centuries ...
... letters and polity , and have dwelt upon land capable of supporting them ; so that there has been little natural inducement to them to enter into communication with the rest of the world . The bor- dering nations were , for centuries ...
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... letters were cultivated nowhere better than in Normandy . Then the Norman French - the Langue d'oui - gradually became the vehicle of literary expression , and , with the reign of Richard - he of the lion heart and poet soul - a new era ...
... letters were cultivated nowhere better than in Normandy . Then the Norman French - the Langue d'oui - gradually became the vehicle of literary expression , and , with the reign of Richard - he of the lion heart and poet soul - a new era ...
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... letters . " Si vis veniam : sin autem , etc. " ( If you wish I will come if not , etc. ) ran his missive , with a curtness and a shade of hauteur worthy of his royal nursemate . But the witty Abbot had a pat answer , and a pun besides ...
... letters . " Si vis veniam : sin autem , etc. " ( If you wish I will come if not , etc. ) ran his missive , with a curtness and a shade of hauteur worthy of his royal nursemate . But the witty Abbot had a pat answer , and a pun besides ...
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