Manual of Useful Information: Embracing More Than 100,000 Facts, Figures and Fancies, Drawn from Every Land and Language, and Carefully Classified for the Ready Reference of Teachers, Students and the Family CircleWerner Company, 1895 - 480 halaman |
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... Greeks . An Olympiad was the interval of four years between two con- These games were trials of secutive celebrations of the Olympic games . strength and agility tested by running , boxing , leaping , wrestling and so on , held at ...
... Greeks . An Olympiad was the interval of four years between two con- These games were trials of secutive celebrations of the Olympic games . strength and agility tested by running , boxing , leaping , wrestling and so on , held at ...
Halaman 53
... Greek languages and literature . One verse in the Bible ( Ezra vii . 21 ) will be found to contain all the letters of our alphabet . Orientals aver that the serpent who tempted Eve spoke Arabic , " the most suasive of tongues . " The ...
... Greek languages and literature . One verse in the Bible ( Ezra vii . 21 ) will be found to contain all the letters of our alphabet . Orientals aver that the serpent who tempted Eve spoke Arabic , " the most suasive of tongues . " The ...
Halaman 54
... Greek phrase " to add a colophon , " to put the finishing stroke to an engagement by a cavalry attack . Outside of medical and technical terms the word " unexceptionable- ness " is , according to some lexicographers , the longest ...
... Greek phrase " to add a colophon , " to put the finishing stroke to an engagement by a cavalry attack . Outside of medical and technical terms the word " unexceptionable- ness " is , according to some lexicographers , the longest ...
Halaman 55
... Greek , Latin , Teutonic , Slavonian and Celtic languages . It is the classical language of the Hindus , and the parent of all the modern Aryan languages of India . It ceased to be a spoken lan- guage about the second century B. C. ...
... Greek , Latin , Teutonic , Slavonian and Celtic languages . It is the classical language of the Hindus , and the parent of all the modern Aryan languages of India . It ceased to be a spoken lan- guage about the second century B. C. ...
Halaman 56
... Greek letters , said to have been introduced into Thebes ( in Boeotia ) by Cadmus , son of Agenor , king of Phoenicia , are called the Cadmean letters . The letters are a , b , g , d , e , i , k , l , m , n , o , p , r , s , t , u ...
... Greek letters , said to have been introduced into Thebes ( in Boeotia ) by Cadmus , son of Agenor , king of Phoenicia , are called the Cadmean letters . The letters are a , b , g , d , e , i , k , l , m , n , o , p , r , s , t , u ...
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Manual of Useful Information: Embracing More Than 100,000 Facts, Figures and ... Tampilan utuh - 1893 |
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