Historic Sentence Examples

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  • And so it is with the purpose of historic characters and nations.

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  • The cathedral is of great historic and architectural interest.

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  • In actual life each historic event, each human action, is very clearly and definitely understood without any sense of contradiction, although each event presents itself as partly free and partly compulsory.

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  • It appears so to us because we see only the general historic interest of that time and do not see all the personal human interests that people had.

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  • The names of leading legislators, which we so often find recorded in the history of primitive peoples, are symbols and myths, merely serving to mark an historic period or epoch by some definite and personal denomination.

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  • Whatever the racial affinities of the early inhabitants may have been, it is certain that in historic times Rhodes was occupied by a Dorian population, reputed to have emigrated mainly from Argos subsequently to the "Dorian invasion" of Greece.

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  • He could only use the eye which remained to him for brief and intermittent periods, and as travelling affected his sight prejudicially he could not anticipate any personal research amongst unpublished records and historic scenes.

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  • When the Lambeth articles put forward as a basis of union were discussed, it was evident that all the free churches were agreed in accepting the three articles dealing with the Bible, the Creed and the Sacraments as a basis of discussion, and were also agreed in rejecting the fourth article, which put the historic episcopate on the same level as the other three.

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  • He noted this down that same evening, among other facts he felt to be of historic importance.

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  • Vico may have derived from Grotius the idea of natural law; but his discovery of the historic evolution of law was first suggested to him by his study of Roman law.

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  • It was well known during the middle ages, and was largely used by William, archbishop of Tyre, for the first six books of his Belli sacri historic. In modern times its historical value has been seriously impugned, but the verdict of the best scholarship seems to be that in general it forms a true record of the events of the first crusade, although containing some legendary matter.

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  • It is similar in shape to those of historic Indians of the region.

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  • The principal towns besides Temuco are Lautaro (3139) and Nueva Imperial (2179), both of historic interest because they were fortified Spanish outposts in the long struggle with the Araucanians.

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  • The ruins, of the castle, and the remains of the Grey Friars' monastery, founded in 1218, at the west end of the town, and Dunbar House in High Street, formerly a mansion of the Lauderdales, but now used as barracks, are of historic interest.

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  • Apart from its historic interest there is little to be said for the Plymouth porcelain.

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  • Its more radical elepolitical ments, known at first as the Historic Left, -were in parties.

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  • A deed done is irrevocable, and its result coinciding in time with the actions of millions of other men assumes an historic significance.

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  • In 1963, the house was declared a National Historic Landmark, thanks to the efforts of The Friends of Hartford.

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  • Older homes have lots of charm, but you must consider several factors when looking for historic houses for sale.

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  • There are pros and cons involved in buying any home, and historic homes are definitely no exception.

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  • Some historic homes have been poorly renovated.

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  • It is located near the historic town of Leadville.

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  • The only other building of historic interest is the church of St John the Baptist, which is in the Perpendicular style, its fine tower having been built about 1443 by Hart, who also built the towers of Wrexham and St Stephen's, Bristol.

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  • Ulm still preserves the dignified and old-fashioned appearance of a free imperial town, and contains many medieval buildings of historic and of artistic interest.

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  • Nevertheless when Guillaume seeks help from Louis the emperor he finds all his relations in Laon, in accordance with his historic Frankish origin.

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  • The most important general change which has affected the structure of the nomomeristic Arachnida in the course of their historic development is the transition from an aquatic to a terrestrial life.

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  • With the rise of Llanelly the industrial importance of Carmarthen has tended to decline; but owing to its central position, its close connexion with the bishops of St David's and its historic past the town is still the chief focus of all social, political and ecclesiastical movements in the three counties of Cardigan, Pembroke and Carmarthen.

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  • As in France, however, there are some Italian conti whose titles are respectable, and even illustrious, from their historic associations.

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  • They are held in the public square, the curious and historic Piazza del Campo (now Piazza di Vittorio Emanuele) in shape resembling an ancient theatre, on the 2nd of July and the 16th of August of each year; they date from the middle ages and were instituted in commemoration of victories and in honour of the Virgin Mary (the old title of Siena, as shown by seals and medals, having been "Sena vetus civitas Virginis").

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  • It contains some good pictures by Pacchia and other works of art, but is chiefly visited for its historic interest and as a striking memorial of the characteristic piety of the Sienese.

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  • Bird, The Annals of Natal, 1 495 to 1845 (2 vols., Maritzburg, 1888), a work of permanent value, consisting of official records, &c.; Shepstone, Historic Sketch of Natal (1864).

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  • As authors of special works on philosophy, we find Samuel Koteles, John Imre, Joseph Ruszek, Daniel Ercsei and Paul Sarvari; as a theologian and Hebraist John Somossy; as an historian and philologist Stephen Horvath, who endeavoured to trace the Magyar descent from the earliest historic times; as writers on jurisprudence Alexander Kovy and Paul Szlemenics.

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  • Another historic site is Horace Street near Edgware Road, formerly Cato Street, from which the conspiracy which bore that name was directed against the ministry in 1820.

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  • Though an ardent supporter of the historic Right, and, as such, entrusted by the Lanza cabinet with the defence of the law of guarantees in 1870, he was no respecter of persons, his caustic tongue sparing neither friend nor foe.

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  • In these his language is vigorous and dignified; he states the results of his labour and thought with freshness and lucidity; tells numberless stories in a most delightful manner, and exhibits a wonderful talent for the representation of personal character; the many portraits of historic persons of all orders which he draws in these prefaces are as brilliant in execution as they are exact and convincing.

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  • Its importance and historic associations naturally marked it out as the residence of the Roman praetor or governor of Sicily.

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  • Another historic part filled by Amyraut was in the negotiations originated by Pierre le Gouz de la Berchere (1600-1653), first president of the parlement of Grenoble, when exiled to Saumur, for a reconciliation and reunion of the Catholics of France with the French Protestants.

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  • The powers of Phrygia and Lydia rose successively out of its ruins, and continued to offer westward passage to influences of Mesopotamian culture till well into historic times.

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  • Few cities are as rich as Florence in collections of works of artistic and historic interest, although the great majority of them belong to a comparatively limited period - from the 13th to the 16th century.

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  • Grape-stones have been found among the remains of Swiss and Italian lake dwellings of the Bronze period, and others in tufaceous volcanic deposits near Montpellier, not long before the historic era.

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  • Sparta in particular remained, even after the reforms of Lycurgus, and on into historic times, simply the isolated camp of a compact army of occupation, of some s000 families, bearing traces still of the fusion of several bands of invaders, and maintained as an exclusive political aristocracy of professional soldiers by the labour of a whole population of agricultural and industrial serfs.

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  • Even in northern and westcentral Greece, all vestige of any former prevalence has been obliterated by the spread of " Aeolic " dialects akin to those of Thessaly and Boeotia; even the northern Doris, for example, spoke "Aeolic" in historic times.

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  • Alone the Pan-Polish party reverted irreconcilably to the historic solution of union or federation with Poland.

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  • In the young historian's eyes these good brethren were of much value as living and breathing historic material.

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  • The Nicene Creed is the baptismal creed of an eastern church enlarged in order to combine theological interpretation with the facts of the historic faith.

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  • It was connected in historic times with its western port of Lechaeum by two continuous walls, with Cenchreae and Schoenus on the east by chains of fortifications.

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  • Though ultimately conquered by the invaders it probably retained much of its former "Ionian" population, whose god Poseidon continued to be worshipped at the national Isthmian games throughout historic times; of the eight communal tribes perhaps only three were Dorian.

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  • In the immediate vicinity of the city are several points of historic interest and natural beauty.

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  • The "annihilation" of the Guard at St Privat has become historic. Yet, heavy as were the losses of the 1st Guard division they were not excessive compared to those previously endured.

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  • In this latter capacity he was the author of the historic saying "Order reigns at Warsaw."

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  • In the earlier chansons de geste he is invariably a majestic figure and represents within limitations the grandeur of the historic Charles.

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  • The Chanson de Roland relates the historic defeat of Roncesvalles on the 15th of August 778, and forms the very crown of the whole Carolingian legend.

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  • Polished rocks outside the cavern and pictographs in the vicinity indicate the work of a prehistoric race earlier than the Osage Indians, who were the historic owners previous to the advent of the white man.

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  • No attempt will be made to follow the historic order of development, but the present theory will be set out in its most logical form and order.

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  • The Boston public library, exceeded in size in the United States by the library of Congress at Washington - and probably first, because of the large number of duplicates in the library of Congress - and the largest free municipal library in the world; the library of Harvard, extremely well chosen and valuable for research; the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (1791); the Boston Athenaeum (1807); the State Library (1826); the New England Historic Genealogical Society (1845); the Congregational Library; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780); and the Boston Society of Natural History (1830), all in Boston, leave it easily unrivalled, unless by Washington, as the best research centre of the country.

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  • The difficulty stated in the foregoing quotation, although now mainly of historic importance, exerted great influence upon the development of the American census prior to 1900.

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  • Thus man's spirit, ever largely but potential, can respond actively to the historic Jesus, because already touched and made hungry by the all-actual Spirit-God who made that soul akin unto Himself.

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  • The original work nowhere identifies this disciple with any particular historic figure.

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  • The degree of historic claim which these various writings have to rank as the works' of Apostolic Fathers varies greatly on any definition of "apostolic."

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  • Both bodies of exposition represent the traditional principle at work in the sub-apostolic age, making for the preservation in relative purity, over against merely subjective interpretations - those of the Gnostics in particular - of the historic or original sense of Christ's teaching, just as Ignatius stood for the historicity of the facts of His earthly career in their plain, natural sense.

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  • Within historic times much of this marsh was covered by the sea, and the valley of the river Rother, which forms part of the boundary of Kent with Sussex, entering the sea at Rye harbour, was represented by a tidal estuary for a considerable distance inland.

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  • It is of historic interest as the birthplace and ',capital of Alompra, the founder of the last Burmese dynasty.

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  • In early historic times Argos had obtained the predominance.

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  • At a far later date, probably almost within historic times, the true Malay race, a combination of Mongol and Caucasic elements, came into existence and overran the archipelago, in time becoming the dominant race.

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  • Sixteen churches and 4000 houses were burnt down, and the historic buildings on the Grand Place were seriously injured, the houses of the Nine Nations on the eastern side being completely destroyed.

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  • True historic life is only to be found within the church of the Empire.

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  • It is presented as a historic document rather than as a current physics resource.

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  • Professor Zimmer, in his examination of the story, sees reason to believe that the main incidents may repose on a genuine historic tradition, dating back to the 9th or 10th century, the period of Viking rule in Ireland.

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  • The elaborately carved chair of the lieutenant-governor in the senate chamber, made of wood from the historic Charter Oak, and the original charter of 1662 (or its duplicate of the same date) are preserved in a special vault in the Connecticut state library.

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  • They opened the doors of their schools to the Greek and Latin classics, but they represented the ancient masterpieces dissevered from their original historic environment, as impersonal models of taste, as isolated standards of style.

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  • McClellan's advance was opposed by a small force of Confederates under General Magruder, which, gradually reinforced, held the historic position of Yorktown for a whole month, and only evacuated it on the 3rd of May.

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  • We now pass on to consider the growth of literary and historic criticism, which constitute the Higher Criticism as already explained.

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  • The Micronesians then are probably of Malay stock much modified by early Polynesian crossings, and probably, within historic times, by Papuan and even Japanese and Chinese migrations.

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  • Recent grail researches have made it most probable that that mysterious talisman was originally the vessel of the ritual feast held in honour of a deity of vegetation, - Adonis, or another; if the Round Table also, as Dr Mott suggests, derives from a similar source, we have a link between these two notable features of Arthurian tradition, and an additional piece of evidence in support of the view that behind the Arthur of romance there lie not only memories of an historic British chieftain, but distinct traces of a mythological and beneficent hero.

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  • He had well employed the short time at his disposal for training his men, and on the first field of Bull Run they won for themselves and their brigadier, by their rigid steadiness at the critical moment of the battle, the historic name of "Stonewall."

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  • I.-First Historic Period The scientific recognition of fossils as connected with the past history of the earth, from Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) to the beginning of the 19th century, in connexion with the rise of comparative anatomy and geology.

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  • The history of invertebrate palaeontology during the second period is more closely connected with the rise of historic geology and stratigraphy, especially with the settlement of the great and minor time divisions of the earth's history.

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  • While establishing the historic divisions of the Silurian in Bohemia, Barrande also propounded his famous theory of " colonies," by which he attempted to explain the aberrant occurrence of strata containing animals of a more advanced stage among strata containing earlier and more primitive faunas; his assumption was that the second fauna had migrated from an unknown neighbouring region.

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  • The military school in the capital occupies a part of the historic castle..

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  • Hence it has come about that Schelling remains for the philosophic student but a moment of historical value in the development of thought, and that his wor for the most part ceased now to have more than historic interest.

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  • Apart from the historic interest of the site, as the only Greek colony in Egypt in early times, the chief importance of the excavations lies in the rich finds of early pottery and in the inscriptions upon them, which throw light on the early history of the alphabet.

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  • No other Polish town possesses so many old and historic buildings, none of them contains so many national relics, or has been so closely associated with the development and destinies of Poland as Cracow.

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  • When the two lowlands are traced eastward they become confluent after the Niagara limestone has faded away in central New York, and the single lowland is continued under the name of Mohawk Valley, an east-west longitudinal depression that has been eroded on a belt of relatively weak strata between the resistant crystalline rocks of the Adirondacks on the north and the northern escarpment of the Appalachian plateau (Catskills-Helderbergs) on the south; forming a pathway of great historic and economic importance between the Atlantic seaports and the interior.

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  • This tale, which still finds a place in Burke's Peerage in the account of the baron Kingsale, a descendant of the de Courci family, is a legend without historic foundation which did not obtain currency till centuries after John de Courci's death.

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  • The St Lawrence is far the most important Canadian river from the historic and economic points of view, since it provided the main artery of exploration in early days, and with its canals past rapids and between lakes still serves as a great highway of trade between the interior of the continent and the seaports of Montreal and Quebec. It is probable that politically Canada would have followed the course of the States to the south but for the planting of a French colony with widely extended trading posts along the easily ascended channel of the St Lawrence and the Great Lakes, so that this river was the ultimate bond of union between Canada and the empire.

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  • Whether there was an historic Arthur has been much debated; undoubtedly for many centuries after the appearance of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Britonum (circ. 1136), the statements therein recorded of a mighty monarch, who ruled over Britain in the 5th-6th centuries, and carried his conquests far afield, even to the gates of Rome, obtained general, though not universal, credence.

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  • But into the figure of Arthur as we know him, other elements have entered; he is not merely an historic personality, but at the same time a survival of pre-historic myth, a hero of romance, and a fairy king; and all these threads are woven together in one fascinating but bewildering web.

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  • His little edition of the Paragraph Psalter (1879), arranged for the use of choirs, and his admirable lectures on the Apostles' Creed, entitled Historic Faith (1883), are reminiscences of his vacations spent at Peterborough.

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  • The very name of his historic treatise, De jure belli ac pacis (1625), shows the subordination of peace to the main subject of war.

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  • The death of his mother in 1762 having deprived him of his means of support, he went in 1763 on the invitation of the pastor of the Lutheran community, Anton Friedrich Biisching, the founder of the modern historic statistical method of geography, to teach natural history in the Lutheran academy, St Petersburg.

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  • Memorable services were held in City Road Chapel, which was restored and rendered more worthy of its historic position.

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  • The Italian shore is generally low, merging, in the north-west, into the marshes and lagoons on either hand of the protruding delta of the river Po, the sediment of which has pushed forward the coast-line for several miles within historic times.

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  • He was an enthusiastic advocate of church disestablishment, and had a historic newspaper duel with Dr John Owen (afterwards bishop of St David's) on this question.

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  • The character and work of Christ were, he held, the ultimate proof and the best defence of Christianity; and his tendency was to concentrate attention somewhat narrowly on the historic Jesus.

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  • The turkey, so far as we know, was first described by Oviedo in his Sumario de la natural historic de las Indias 2 (cap. xxxvi.), said to have been published in 1527.

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  • For the historic antagonism between the Catalans and the other inhabitants of Spain was strengthened by the industrial development of Barcelona.

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  • Assisted by the assumption that combination always takes place in the simplest possible way, he thus arrived at the idea that chemical combination takes place between particles of different weights, and this it was which differentiated his theory from the historic speculations of the Greeks.

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  • Even in late historic time it was employed in some of the old wheel-lock guns.

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  • The defence of the country is based on the historic principle of concentrating the people and their resources in the heart of the country, covered by a wide belt of inundations.

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  • But the indispensable qualities of iron did not shape man's evolution, because its great usefulness did not arise until historic times, or even, as in case of magnetism, until modern times.

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  • Numerous isolated palaeolithic objects of the Mousterian type have been found in the neighbourhood of Rome in the quaternary gravels of the Tiber and Anio; but no certain traces of the neolithic period have come to light, as the many Pre" flint implements found sporadically round Rome pro- historic bably belong to the period which succeeded neolithic (called by Italian archaeologists the eneolithic period) inasmuch as both stone and metal (not, however, bronze, but copper) were in use.

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  • It was the first attempt at a comprehensive treatment of historic facts, the first to introduce the social and literary aspects of a nation's life as only second in importance to its political fortunes, and the first historical writing in an animated yet refined and polished style.2 While the History was in process of publication, Hume did not entirely neglect his other lines of activity.

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  • Deists, though raising doubts regarding the historic narratives of the Christian faith, had never disputed the general fact that belief in one God was natural and primitive.

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  • Again, on account of the great value of the diamond, much of the romance of precious stones has centred round this mineral; and the history of some of the great diamonds of historic times has been traced through many extraordinary vicissitudes.

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  • From the earliest historic times few animals have been better known to man than the lion.

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  • Even within the historic period the geographical range of the lion covered the whole of Africa, the south of Asia, including Syria, Arabia, Asia Minor, Persia and the greater part of northern and central India.

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  • His collections of original materials were vast; beginning with his residence in England, he brought together at enormous pains and expense the authenticated copies of archives, family papers, and personal journals written by historic personages, which now constitute an invaluable treasure in the New York public library.

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  • His best prose work is the Historic Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinism of the Church of England (London, 1774).

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  • Besides the ordinary waste of the shores, there have been extensive inundations by the sea within the historic period, the gulf of the Doliart having been so caused in the year 1276.

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  • From Santiago in1518-1519departed the historic expeditions of Juan de Grijalva, Hernan Cortes and Pamfilo de Narvaez - the last of 18 vessels and 110o men of arms, excluding sailors.

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  • The indispensable preliminary to a really historic view of these writings is some solution of the problem of their mutual relations.

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  • The main trade of Salem is along the coast, principally in the transhipment of coal; and the historic Crowninshield's or India wharf is now a great coal pocket.

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  • Each of the territories was a separate political unit with a separate history, and some of them had a historic claim to a large amount of selfgovernment; in many the old feudal estates had survived till 1848.

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  • They laid much stress on the historic task of Austria in bringing German culture to the half-civilized races of the east.

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  • There are signs of settlement at Halstead (Halsteda,Halgusted, Halsted) in the Bronze Age; but there is no evidence of the causes of its growth in historic times.

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  • There are many buildings in the city which are rich in historic associations.

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  • The area of alluvial land has probably not changed greatly in historic times.

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  • Whence the population of Egypt as we trace it in prehistoric and historic times came, is not certain.

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  • In practical administration this historic distinction was sometimes observed, at others ignored, but in religious tradition it had a firm hold.

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  • In historic times his cult was celebrated at Tanis Ind Ombos.

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  • The innumerable reliefs of the XIXthXXth Dynasty temples are only of historic interest, and are all despicable in comparison with earlier works.

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  • In historic times the chisels are about I X3/4, X6 to Sin, long (34).

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  • Fishing nets were common in all historic times, and the lead sinkers (83) and stone sinkers (84) are often found under the XVIIIth-XXth Dyiiasties.

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  • Even in historic times it has vastly changed the aspect and configuration of the country.

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  • Under the auspices of Archbishop Absalon the monks of Sorb began to compile the annals of Denmark, and at the end of the 12th century Svend Aagesen, a cleric of Lund, compiled from Icelandic sources and oral tradition his Compendiosa historic regum Daniae.

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  • Of the free imperial cities of central Germany, none had a greater historic fame or a more settled and patriotic government.

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  • It was well known to builders in the earliest historic times that certain limes would, when set, resist the action of water, i.e.

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  • The temple, which (as inscriptions show) was dedicated to Artemis, had been half-buried by a landslip from the acropolis hill in the historic earthquake of 17 A.D.

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  • If the Picts had been able to win and hold Scotland as far south as the historic border, the fortunes of the country would probably have been more or less like those of Ireland.

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  • In later days the Celtic kings of northern and western Scotland succeeded in holding, on vague conditions of homage to the English crown, the English-speaking region of historic Scotland.

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  • On the west of the northern part of the English kingdom of Bernicia, severed from that by the Forest of Ettrick, and perhaps by the mysterious work of which traces remain in the " Catrail," was the Brython or Welsh kingdom of Strathclyde, which then included the territory and population, later anglicized, of Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Dumfriesshire, and, south of the historic border, Cumberland and Westmoreland to the Derwent.

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  • A marriage of the daughter of Kenneth MacAlpine with the Welsh prince of Strathclyde gives Scotland a footing in that region; in short, Scotland slowly advances towards and even across the historic border.

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  • In Europe the Iron Age may be said to cover the last years of the prehistoric and the early years of the historic periods.

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  • With regard to the ancient Egyptians, however, we learn that the huntsmen Historic constituted an entire sub-division of the great second Field dresses and furniture were ornamented with similar subjects.2 The game pursued included the lion, the wild ass, the gazelle and the hare, and the implements chiefly employed seem to have been the javelin and the bow.

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  • On both these subjects he availed himself largely of the aid of others, and threw himself with characteristic energy and entire success into the task of rescuing from neglect and preserving from decay the treasure of historic monuments in which the abbey is so rich.

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  • Thence at a date within historic times a migration eastward took place.

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  • To the north of Pest lies the historic Rakos field, where the Hungarian diets were held in the open air from the 10th to the 14th century; and 23 m.

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  • The historic importance of this event gave rise to the phrase "crossing the Rubicon" for a step which definitely commits a person to a given course of action.

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  • Students of international politics are familiar with the claims of nations to a position of preference in certain regions, based upon historic, economic or geographical considerations.

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  • In 1829, after short pastorates at Bedford (New Meeting) and Newport, Isle of Wight, he accepted a call to the historic Weigh House chapel, London.

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  • The borough includes the parish of Clerkenwell (q.v.), a locality of considerable historic interest, including the former priory of St John, Clerkenwell, of which the gateway and other traces remain.

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  • See Merrill and Merrill, Sketches of Historic Bennington (Cambridge, Mass., 1898).

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  • This story is probably the historic basis of the legend of the " Pied Piper of Hamelin."

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  • His historic fame came from the Christian Schoolmen, whom he almost initiated into the system of Aristotle, and who, but vaguely discerning the expositors who preceded, admired in his commentaries the accumulated results of two centuries of labours.

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  • Formerly, and into historic times, a lake occupied a considerable part of the depression, and the thick deposits of clay and sand then laid down now form the bulk of the cultivated lands of the oasis.

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  • The kingdom of Kabul is the historic Afghanistan; the link which unites it to Kandahar, Herat and the other outlying provinces having been frequently broken and again restored by amirs of sufficient strength and capability.

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  • The principal cotton-growing tracts are the plains of Gujarat and Kathiawar, whence Indian cotton has received in the Liverpool market the historic name of " Surat "; the highlands of the Deccan, and the valleys of the Central Provinces and Berar.

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  • On the 1st of January 1877 Queen Victoria was proclaimed empress of India at a durbar of great magnificence, held on the historic "Ridge" overlooking the Mogul capital Delhi.

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  • He developed four well-defined characters in the process - a country farmer, Ezekiel Biglow, and his son Hosea; the Rev. Homer Wilbur, a shrewd old-fashioned country minister; and Birdofredum Sawin, a Northern renegade who enters the army, together with one or two subordinate characters; and his stinging satire and sly humour are so set forth in the vernacular of New England as to give at once a historic dignity to this form of speech.

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  • Then came an Aeolo-Minyan immigration, which apparently extended to Messenia, though the Pylos of Nestor almost certainly lay in Triphylia, and not at the site which in historic times bore that name.

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  • But in 1890 a great stir was created by the publication, under his editorship, of Lux Mundi, a series of essays by different writers, being an attempt "to succour a distressed faith by endeavouring to bring the Christian Creed into its right relation to the modern growth of knowledge, scientific, historic, critical; and to modern problems of politics and ethics."

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  • With this possible exception there are no active volcanoes in Korea, and the region has also been remarkably free from earthquakes throughout historic times.

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  • There are no certain historic records of any eruption.

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  • The prince's intellectual and artistic leanings were well known; in particular, he has made a magnificent collection of historic Italian coins, on which subject he became a recognized authority.

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  • In Tuscany, the historic role of the cities, with the exception of Pisa, begins at a later date, largely owing to the overlordship of the powerful margraves of the house of Canossa and their successors, who here represented the emperor.

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  • It is not implied that in the formation of the " natural " religions individuals were not of great importance, nor, on the other hand, that in individual religions the founder formed his faith independently of the community of which he was a part; but only that as undoubted historic facts certain religions, in tracing their lines to individuals, thereby acquired a distinctive character, and retain the impress of their founder.

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  • This same purpose, namely, to hold fast to the historic Jesus, triumphed in the doctrine of the Trinity; Jesus was not to be resolved into an aeon or into some mysterious tertium quid, neither God nor man, but to be recognized as very God who redeemed the soul.

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  • The historic and religious values of the doctrine of the Trinity may be illustrated by way of contrast.

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  • The historic Buddha - the man Gautamais taught as only one of a limitless series of incarnations or (better) appearances.

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  • In the Mahayana gnosticism was triumphant, and the historic values of Gautama's teaching and personality are lost.

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  • The Mahayana illustrates in part what would have followed the .triumph of gnosticism in Christianity, for not only would the historic value of the life and teaching of Jesus have been lost, but with it the significance of humanity.

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  • With these the historic manifestation of Jesus becomes only a guide to lead us to that immediate apprehension of God which is the end of theology, and to that immediate union with God which is the end of religion.

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  • On the other hand some seek the essential Christianity in a life beneath and separable from the historic forms. In part under the influence of the Hegelian philosophy, and in part because of the prevalent evolutionary scientific world-view, God is represented under the form of pure thought, and the world process as the unfolding of himself.

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  • Such truth can be apprehended by the multitude only in symbols which guide the will through the imagination, and through historic facts which are embodiment of ideas.

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  • The Trinity is the essential Christian doctrine, the historic facts of the Christian religion being the embodiment of religious ideas.

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  • The chief critical difficulty felt by this school is in identifying any concrete historic fact with the unchanging idea, that is, in making Jesus of Nazareth the incarnation of God.

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  • It studies the historic development of the Church, noting how element after element has been introduced into the simplicity of the gospel, and from all these it would turn back to the Bible itself.

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  • This school also represents historic Christianity, and maintains the continuity of its life through all the ages past with Christ himself.

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  • But these unions, at all events in historic times, were mainly concerned with religion, and the authority of the councils did not seriously affect the autonomy of the individual states.

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  • Judging from the historical evidence of their late continuance, and from the character of the relics found in them, the crannogs may be included among the latest prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the middle ages.

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  • It is therefore evident that the personality of Hygelac, and the expedition in which, according to Beowulf, he died, belong not to the region of legend or poetic invention, but to that of historic fact.

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  • This noteworthy result suggests the possibility that what the poem tells of Hygelac's near relatives, and of the events of his reign and that of his successor, is based on historic fact.

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  • Probably the singer was always himself an original poet; he might often be content to reproduce the songs that he had learned, but he was doubtless free to improve or expand them as he chose, provided that his inventions did not conflict with what was supposed to be historic truth.

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  • Thorkelin's edition (1815) is of merely historic interest.

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  • Even in the earliest form known to us this legend is probably the complex growth of centuries, and any claim to the discovery of the first germ can hardly approve itself to the historic sense.

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  • Up to 1870 he remained an agitator, but, after the liberation of Rome, seceded from the historic left, and became leader of the extreme left, a position held until his death on the 30th of April 1886.

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  • Galvani had made in 1790 his historic observations on the muscular contraction produced in the bodies of recently killed frogs when an electrical machine was being worked in the same room, and described them in 1791 (De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius, Bologna, 1791).

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  • The origin of the electromotive force in the pile has been much discussed, and Volta's discoveries gave rise to one of the historic controversies of science.

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  • Tudno, Afan, Padarn, &c. To the second division - those place-names which have been corrupted by English usage - belong most of the older historic towns, in striking contrast with the rural villages and parishes, which in nearly all cases have retained unaltered their original Celtic names.

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  • At the castle of Cardigan in 1176, Prince Rhys held a historic bardic entertainment, or eisteddfod, wherein the poets and harpists of Gwynedd and Deheubarth contended in amicable rivalry.

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  • This enthusiastic priest at once began to re-assert the ancient metropolitan claims of the historic Welsh see, and between the years1199-1203paid three visits to Rome in order to obtain the support of Pope Innocent III.

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  • Plutarch also implies the historic existence of Lelegian serfs at Tralles in the interior.

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  • Certain phases of thought may be more or less clearly indicated; certain elements of race, of local condition, of foreign contact, may be distinguished with more or less historic probability; but no single key can explain all the wide diversity of phenomena.

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  • Pfleiderer, Religion and Historic Faiths (1907), p. 88, recognizes more clearly the difficulty of carrying almost any division through the whole field, without frequent breach of historical connexions.

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  • Sweeping past the historic rock of Trichinopoly, it breaks at the island of Seringam into two channels, which enclose between them the delta of Tanjore, the garden of southern India.

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  • As secretary of the academy he was instrumental in assisting the publication of the collections of historic documents made by Hurmuzaki (30 vols., Bucharest, 1876-1897), and other acts and documents (Bucharest, 1900 sqq.), besides a number of minor political pamphlets of transitory value.

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  • Owing to its historic interest the village of Lexington is visited by thousands of persons annually, for it was on the green or common of this village that the first armed conflict of the American War of Independence occurred.

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  • In historic times it was situate on the lower slopes of the hills, Coressus and Prion, which rise out of a fertile plain near the mouth of the river Cayster, while the temple and precinct of Artemis or Diana, to the fame of which the town owed much of its celebrity, were in the plain itself, E.N.E.

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  • Society may have at one time been matrilinear in the communities that become the historic Hellenes; but of this there is no trace in the worship of Zeus and Hera.18 In fact, the whole of the family morality in Hellas centred in Zeus, whose altar in the courtyard was the bond of the kinsmen; and sins against the family, such as unnatural vice and the exposure of children, are sometimes spoken of as offences against the High God.I" He was also the tutelary deity of the larger organization of the phratria; and the altar of Zeus c Pparpcos was the meetingpoint of the phrateres, when they were assembled to consider the legitimacy of the new applicants for admission into their circle.20 His religion also came to assist the development of certain legal ideas, for instance, the rights of private or family property in land; he guarded the allotments as Zein KAdpcos,2' and the Greek commandment " thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark " was maintained by Zeus " Opcos, the god of boundaries, a more personal power than the Latin Jupiter Terminus.22 His highest political functions were summed up in the title IIoXtfin, a cult-name of legendary antiquity in Athens, and frequent in the Hellenic world.23 His consort in his political life was not Hera, but his daughter Athena Polias.

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  • Among the historic personages who were buried within its walls was Robert Bruce, lord of Annandale, the competitor for the throne of Scotland with John Baliol, and the grandfather of King Robert the Bruce.

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  • On the clay stoppers of wine jars of the remote age which goes by the name of the pre-dynastic period, and which preceded the historic period of the first Pharaohs, there are seal impressions which must have been produced from matrices, like those of Babylonia and Assyria, of the cylinder type, the impress of the design having been repeated as the cylinder was rolled along the surface of the moist clay.

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  • Probably, next to the Origin of Species, no single work has done so much to promote clear understanding of natural selection and confidence in its truth; for in addition to these two historic essays, there are others in which the new theory is applied to the interpretation of certain classes of facts.

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  • Germanicus proceeded by easy stages to his province, halting on his way in Dalmatia, and visiting the battlefield of Actium, Athens, Ilium, and other places of historic interest.

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  • The opening lines of Hecataeus of Miletus begin the history of the true historic spirit in words which read like a sentence from Voltaire.

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  • The Renaissance marked the first great gain in the historic sense, in the efforts of the humanists to realize the spirit of the antique world.

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  • Biblical criticism is a part of the historic process.

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  • Medieval archaeology has, since Quicherat, revealed how men were living while the monks wrote chronicles, and now cathedrals and castles are studied as genuine historic documents.

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  • Religion, though false, might be a real historic force.

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  • Several small coal-fields rise through the Red rocks - the largest, between Stafford and Birmingham, forms the famous " Black Country," with Wolverhampton and Dudley as centres, where the manufacture of iron has preserved a historic continuity, for the great Forest of Arden supplied charcoal until the new fuel from the pits took its place.

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  • The historic castles, the sites of ancient battles, and the innumerable mansions of the wealthy, combine to give to central England a certain aesthetic interest which the more purely manufacturing districts of the west and north fail to inspire.

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  • The distinction between the low grounds of the Jurassic belt and the Chalk country is not always very apparent on the surface, and from the historic point of view it is important to recognize the individuality of the Eastern plain which extends from the Vale of York across the Humber and the Wash into Essex.

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  • Early in the 10th century the Victoria History of the Counties of England (dedicated to Queen Victoria) began to appear; its volumes deal with each county from every aspect - natural history, prehistoric and historic antiquities, ethnography, history, economic conditions, topography and sport being dealt with by authorities in all branches.

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  • Stanley's book is of historic importance, describing the work he and his helpers accomplished on the Congo between 1879 and 1884; and Chapaux's volume gives the best general account of the Free State in convenient size.

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  • In order to understand the events of his life and the influence of his opinions, we must endeavour to get some impression of the China that existed in his time, in the 5th and 6th centuries B.C. The dynasty of Chow, the third which within historic time had ruled the country, lasting from 1122 to 256 B.C., had passed its zenith, and its kings no longer held the sceptre with a firm grasp. The territory under their sway was not a sixth part of the present empire.

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  • The dynasty of Chow finally perished two centuries and a quarter after the death of the sage at the hands of the first historic emperor of the nation, - the first of the dynasty of Ts'in, who swept away the foundations of the feudal system.

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  • Sociology and the science of culture are concerned with the origin and development of arts and sciences, opinions, beliefs, customs, laws and institutions generally among mankind within historic time; while beyond the historical limit the study is continued by inferences from relics of early ages and remote districts, to interpret which is the task of pre-historic archaeology and geology.

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  • This expectation has hardly been fulfilled, but of late years the notion of a variety of the human race, geologically ancient, differing from any known in historic times, and with characters approaching the simian, has been supported by further discoveries.

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  • From the combination of these considerations, it will be seen that the farthest date to which documentary or other records extend is now generally regarded by anthropologists as but the earliest distinctly visible point of the historic period, beyond which stretches back a vast indefinite series of prehistoric ages.

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  • The waters of City Creek were at first diverted and a canal was built; and the results were encouraging, though in the summer of 1848 crops were destroyed by a swarm of black crickets; but in turn this pest was devoured by sea-gulls, and the phrase " gulls and crickets " has become one of peculiar historic significance in Utah.

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  • Canning and Lawrence, at opposite ends of the disaffected districts, alike perceived that Delhi was the centre of peril, and that all other considerations must be subordinated to striking a decisive blow at that historic city.

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  • Meanwhile Lucknow, the capital of Oudh, was the scene of a historic defence.

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  • The eastern crescent includes by far the largest as well as the oldest portion of Naples - the ports, the arsenal, the principal churches, &c. The best-known thoroughfare is the historic Toledo (as it is still popularly called, though the official name is Via Roma) which runs almost due north from the Piazza (Largo) del Plebiscito in front of the Palazzo Reale, till, as Strada Nuova Di Capodimonte, crossing the Ponte della Sanita (constructed by Murat across the valley between Santa Teresa and Capodimonte), it reaches the gates of the Capodimonte palace.

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  • It is important for our purpose to notice that the condition of coloni was developed as a result of historic necessity by the working of economic and social agencies in the first centuries of the Roman empire and was made the subject of regular legislation in the 4th and 5th centuries.

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  • The most important temples of Surrentum were those of Athena and of the Sirens (the latter the only one in the Greek world in historic times); the former gave its name to the promontory.

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  • Although from the very conditions of their creation they regarded the country as a field for exploitations, they were themselves often men of education and ability, and unquestionably made some praiseworthy attempts to promote the general culture and well-being of their subjects, In this respect, even the Phanariote regime was preferable tc mere pasha rule, while it had the further consequence of preserving intact the national form of administration and the historic offices of Moldavia.

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  • In the extreme west the borough includes within its bounds the historic Tower of London, the Royal Mint and the fine Tower Bridge over the Thames.

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  • But his great influence on modern thought is undeniable, both as the historic founder of French socialism and as suggesting much of what was afterwards elaborated into Comtism.

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  • The Bala Hissar was destroyed and has never since been entirely rebuilt, and a fortified cantonment at Sherpur (one side of which was represented by the historic Bemaru ridge) had taken the place of the old earthworks of the British occupation of 1842 which were constructed on nearly the same site.

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  • The ancient Calauria, with which Poros is identified, was given, according to the myth, by Apollo to Poseidon in exchange for Delos; and it became in historic times famous for a temple of the sea-god, which formed the centre of an amphictyony of seven maritime states' - Hermione, Epidaurus, Aegina, Athens, Prasiae, Nauplia, and Orchomenus.

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  • Besides their historic interest, the letters written personally by Henry, whether love notes or letters of state, reveal a charming writer.

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  • It is necessary above all to consider the relation of a people's years of growth and ferment to the song which represents them; for in the strains of Whittier, more than in those of any other 19th-century lyrist, the saying of Fletcher of Saltoun as to the ballads and laws of a nation finds a historic illustration.

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  • The fine old hall of the knights, built by Florens, and now containing the archives of the home office, is the historic chamber in which the states of the Netherlands abjured their allegiance to Philip II.

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  • Marie Tudor (1833),(1833), his next play, was hardly more daring in its Shakespearean defiance of historic fact, and hardly more triumphant in its Shakespearean loyalty to the everlasting truth of human character and passion.

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  • In 1831 appeared the greatest of all tragic or historic or romantic poems in the form of prose narrative, Norte-Dame de Paris.

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  • In 1874 he published his last great romance, the tragic and historic poem in prose called Quatrevingt-treize; a work as rich in thought, in tenderness, in wisdom and in humour and in pathos, as ever was cast into the mould of poetry or of fiction.

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  • Of the three genera existing within historic times, one (Manatus) is exclusively confined to the shores of the tropical Atlantic and the rivers entering into it, individuals scarcely specifically distinguishable being found both on the American and the African.

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  • Consequently the same population, whose origins Greek tradition removed back into the world's earliest days, held the land throughout historic times, without even an admixture of Dorian immigrants.

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  • To this new period belong Einleitung zur historic der vornehmsten Reiche and Staaten, also the Commentarium de rebus suecicis, libri XXVI., ab expeditione Gustavi Adolphi regis in Germaniam ad abdicationem usque Christinae and De rebus a Carolo Gustavo gestis.

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  • Cambridge is a typical New England city, built up in detached residences, with irregular streets pleasantly shaded, and a considerable wealth of historic and literary associations.

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  • One body of scholars, headed by Professor Wendelin Forster of Bonn, while admitting that, so far as any historic basis can be traced, the events recorded must have happened on insular ground, maintain that the knowledge of these events, and their romantic development, are due entirely to the Bretons of the continent.

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  • In opposition to this the school of which the late Gaston Paris was the leading, and most brilliant, representative, maintains that the Arthurian tradition, romantic equally with historic, was preserved in Wales through the medium of the bards, was by them communicated to their Norman conquerors, worked up into poems by the AngloNormans, and by them transmitted to the continental poets.

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  • He who planned his campaigns to the great civilized centres of Corinth, Ephesus and Rome, and thus prepared for a historic future of which he did not dream, drew his parallels of thought with no less firm hand, and showed himself indeed " a wise master-builder."

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  • Of course this does not mean that Harnack considers monophysitism nearer the historic truth, or nearer the normal type of Christian thought.

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  • Augustine's (erroneous) interpretation of the Millennium (Rev. xx.), as a parable of the Church's historic triumph, stands for the final eradication of primitive " enthusiasm " in the great Church, though of course millenarianism has had many revivals in special circles.

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  • We have already indicated that some such pair of principles was prominent when historic Protestantism pulled itself together for defence during its scholastic age.

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  • When Sybil was written a long historic day was ending in England, a new era beginning; and no eyes saw so clearly as Disraeli's the death of the old day, the birth of the new, or what and how great their differences would be.

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  • The last trace of the historic States-General disappeared and the National Assembly was perfect.

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  • The rooms contain much of the furniture which was in them when they were occupied by General Washington and his family; and the furniture that had been lost has been in part replaced by other furniture of historic interest and of the style in use in Washington's day.

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  • So far as is known, there have in historic times been eruptions from twenty-five volcanic vents.

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  • The largest volume of lava which has issued at one outflow within historic times is the stream which came from the craters of Laki at Skapta.

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  • The best-known volcano is Hekla (5108 ft.), which was in eruption eighteen times within the historic period down to 1845.

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  • The crater chain of Laki has only been in eruption once in historic times, namely, the violent and disastrous outbreak of 1783.

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  • They are abridgments made in Norway by Icelanders for their Norwegian patrons, the Life of St Olaf alone being preserved intact, for the great interest of the Norwegians lay in him, but all the other Kings' Lives being more or less mutilated, so that they cannot be trusted for historic purposes; nor do they give a fair idea of Snorri's style.

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  • These are the last of the series of historic works which Ari's labours began, from which the history of Norway for 500 years must be gathered.

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  • In 1893 the state of Pennsylvania created a commission of ten members, which (with $365,000 appropriated up to 1911) bought about 475 acres (in Chester and Montgomery counties) of the original camp ground, now known as the Valley Forge Park, preserved Washington's headquarters (built in about the year 1758) and other historic buildings, and reproduced several bake-ovens and huts of the kind used by the army.

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  • In recent times ingenious attempts have been made to trace the descent of the first historic king of Navarre from one Semen Lupus, duke of Aquitaine in the 6th century.

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  • The Bushmen, a race of short yellowish-brown nomad hunters, inhabited, in the earliest times of which there is historic knowledge, the land adjoining the southern and eastern borders of the Kalahari desert, into which they were gradually being forced by the encroachment of the Hottentots and Bantu tribes.

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  • But evidence bearing on the Stone age in Africa, if the latter existed apart from the localities mentioned, is so slight that little can be said save that from the available evidence the palaeoliths of the Nile valley alone can with any degree of certainty be assigned to a remote period of antiquity, and that the chips scattered over Mashonaland and the regions occupied within historic times by Bushmen are the most recent; since it has been shown that the stone flakes were used by the medieval Makalanga to engrave their hard pottery and the Bushmen were still using stone implements in the 10th century.

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  • Thus the great historic division was made between southern and northern France.

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  • From this time forward a great historic transformation was effected in the eyes of the bishops and of the Gallo-Romans; the Frankish chief took the Clovisar place of the ancient emperors.

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  • Unable to rest on historic precedent like England, the Constituent Assembly took as the basis for its labors the tradition of the thinkers.

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  • He stumbled unawares upon the revolt of a proud national spirit, evolved through ten historic centuries; and the trap of Bayonne, together with the enthroning of Joseph Bonaparte, made the contemptible prince of the Asturias the elect of popular sentiment, the representative of religion and country.

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  • But a handsome Buddhist temple of cut stone, belonging to some remote period, is suggestive of a civilization which had disappeared before historic times.

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  • Among other historic families connected with Lincolnshire were the Wakes of Bourne and the d'Eyncourts, who flourished at Blankney from the Conquest to the reign of Henry VI.; Belvoir Castle was founded by the Toenis, from whom it passed by the Daubeneys, then to the Barons Ros and later to the Manners, earls of Rutland.

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  • Other historic industries of Lincolnshire are the breeding of horses and dogs and rabbitsnaring; the Witham was noted for its pike; and ironstone was worked in the south, now chiefly in the north and west.

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  • Its extraordinary lack of population differentiates Spain from every other country possessed of equal natural advantages and an historic civilization.

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  • Earliest Historic Period.Phoenician traders probably reached Spain long before our historical knowledge of the Peninsula begins, possibly as early as the 11th century B.C. The Ph One of their earlier settlements, Gades (now ki Cadiz), has been called the oldest town in the world (or in Europe) which has kept a continuity of life and name from its first origin.

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  • First the historic Cortes was summoned.

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  • Historic kingdom of Aragon Ramiro Sanchez1035-1067Natural son of Sancho ci Mayor of Navarre, who on the death of his legitimate brother Gon zalo, annexed Sobrarbe.

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  • Like the Curetes, Dactyli, Telchines and Cabeiri, however, they represent primitive gods of procreative significance, who survived in the historic period as subordinate deities associated with a form of the Great Mother goddess, their relation to the Great Mother of the Gods, Cybele, being comparable with that of Attis.

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  • The period of his mayoralty was one of historic importance in the growth of modern Birmingham.

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  • At most we can only fill up the portrait by reference to the tinge of simple old-fashioned scholarship, which on its historic side made him an eager searcher for antiquities and among old records, and on its poetic occasionally stirred him to an excursion as far as that gentlest slope of Parnassus inhabited by the descriptive muse.

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  • The city is in a hilly country of much natural beauty, and is of considerable historic interest.

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  • Brunei, or, as it is called by the natives Bruni or Darul-Salam (city of peace), possesses a historic tablet of stone upon which, in A.H.

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  • Britain's international policy toward the historic environment needs to become more coherent.

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  • Interesting more for its historic value than the film's rudimentary artistic accomplishments.

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  • These included historic open pastures, and land adjoining the river Swale.

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  • Many Labor supporters sense that Blair could very easily ditch Labor's historic identity to create something akin to the US Democratic Party.

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  • Visit the Franciscan Monastery with its historic 15th century apothecary or the Dominican monastery, which houses paintings from the Dubrovnik school of art.

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  • The historic archdeaconry of Nottingham was an extensive ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the diocese of York.

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  • To play real historic district argosy earlier this year has kept its.

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  • Mr Heathcote's Knutsford restaurant will be an extension of The Olive Press brand and will open in the historic hotel's former ballroom.

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  • Where memory meets identity, we enter the field of heritage, where the category of ` historic battlefield ' finds its home.

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  • The property is ideally located within yards of the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor and enjoys Solent views over the historic battlements.

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  • The steeply wooded ravine descends to a private, secluded beach on the historic Helford River.

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  • Save John Muir House Campaign Created to save the historic birthplace in Dunbar from destruction.

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  • We purchased a fawn bitch sired by make history called Historic Lady (Faith) who was our foundation bitch in 1971.

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  • In 1888, a major breakthrough came with the historic drive of Bertha Benz.

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  • It is awarded for the best adaptive re-use of an historic building of any period.

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  • Ronda and the White Villages - Superb mountain scenery, historic bullring (still used) Traditional Spain.

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  • This walk focuses on the distinctive plan of the historic burgh.

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  • The historic city of Bergen is the main point from which to explore the western fjords of Norway.

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  • Britain would not flinch from its " historic struggle " in Iraq, Tony Blair has insisted.

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  • The proposed development includes 200 apartments, restaurants and a food store - but not the historic funfair.

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  • All vinyl records whether Historic Masters or not, cannot be played on an old gramophone using thorn, fiber or steel needles.

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  • And now there are plans to put a new racecourse grandstand onto the historic Tatts Corner.

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  • The Howff burial ground is a historic graveyard given to the people of Dundee by Mary, Queen of Scots.

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  • In the historic hangars I came face to face with an old friend.

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  • It is an historic village in the agricultural heartland of North West Norfolk.

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  • Do you have a favorite family heirloom or something of historic interest that you would like to know a bit more about?

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  • Glasgow City Council Historic Scotland Historic Scotland safeguards the nation's built heritage.

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  • The area is characterized by a predominantly rural environment with historic market towns forming the focus for the surrounding rural hinterland.

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  • Early next year, the Supreme Court will hear the case in a potentially historic clash between presidential authority and judicial oversight.

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  • Excavation would be necessary to find out if any of the platforms date from the early historic or Medieval Periods.

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  • Caernarfon (county town of Gwynedd) has much historic and cultural importance in North Wales.

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  • This is symptomatic for a merely historic reading of 1 John.

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  • A uniquely historic Scottish Diesel train will be restored to original condition as shown above with your support.

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  • For details of dates for the removal of the boxes, please contact historic Scotland on 131 668 8600.

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  • Wonderfully sited for visiting historic Wells, Bath, Bristol and Glastonbury, with pretty villages and ancient landmarks close by.

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  • It joins historic Sherwood Forest in the Northeast and curves round to Attenborough in the southwest.

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  • Few painters had the chance to witness scenes that would become historic, and historical knowledge was scarce, documentation fragmentary.

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  • Courtenay House Nestled in the town of Bovey Tracey on the edge of Dartmoor, you will find historic Courtenay House.

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  • The festival reflects historic, cultural and agricultural traditions of Cyprus.

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  • Blaen Cedi farm is an historic homestead on the Gower Peninsula, just nine miles from Swansea in the village of Penclawdd.

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  • Within the Boro there are also a wealth of historic houses, churches and museums to explore.

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  • I am deeply humbled and extremely honored and grateful to be the recipient of this historic award.

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  • Listed building A building may be listed as being of architectural or historic interest, in several categories.

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  • If we travel interstate we could do an Historic meeting about every 3-4 weeks!

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  • The Abbey combines the intimacy of a luxury townhouse hotel with the historic charm of a listed building.

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  • The historic Concorde fleet of seven supersonic jets made its last flights in October after 34 years of air supremacy.

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  • On the historic boardwalk iglesias tom jones A1casino expected to draw way still is.

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  • So economic reform is terribly important at this historic juncture with enlargement taking place as well.

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  • The area also benefits from various historic landscapes which the Council is keen to safeguard.

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  • Within the surrounding locality are many beautiful gardens, historic houses and National Trust properties - all well worth a visit.

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  • We conclude the day with a sightseeing stroll through this delightful old Kentish town of historic buildings bordering the wide Main Street.

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  • A historic manor house, Lacock Abbey retains its medieval cloisters as well as later Tudor features.

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  • This major annual event for the international powder metallurgy community will take place in the historic city of Ghent, Belgium.

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  • Near the Benedictine Abbey, a historic monument in the form of a cross can be admired.

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  • Locating the historic nation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Mac Laughlin also examines the specificities of minority nationalisms in the nineteenth century.

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  • Golf, walking, beaches, historic sights and of course Edinburgh are all nearby.

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  • A multi-screen cinema, an Asian cinema and of course the historic Harrow School, alma mater of such notables as Sir Winston Churchill.

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  • For supporting the criminal oligarchy in Venezuela, and for its historic interference in the internal affairs of peoples.

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  • Chester is an historic city, with a unique shopping center and a strong sense or commercial opportunism.

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  • York is an historic city of Roman and viking origins.

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  • Wimber himself campaigns for a perception change, transforming the outlook from historic Christianity to Eastern mysticism.

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  • Sixty thousand official complaints to the BBC represent an historic outpouring of genuine outrage.

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  • Say hello to ' Snap ', our famous snapdragon, who was once part of the Norwich's historic pageantry.

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  • Panormos holiday excursions include the Minoan palace at Knossos, boat trips and three interesting historic towns, Chania, Rethymnon and Heraklion.

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  • Historic parklands are usually enclosed, relatively flat or gently undulating pastures with widely spaced trees.

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  • Scotland's most amusing and ashen faced phantom, Adam Lyal (deceased) guides you through the historic setting of St Andrews town.

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  • Red cell phenotype information should not be based on historic data alone.

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  • Cleared of vehicles, the historic square will become an attractive pedestrian piazza.

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  • Key attractions Innsbruck's historic center is stunningly picturesque, with several exquisite examples of architecture from the 14th through 17th centuries.

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  • The historic landscape area of the Rhondda is located within the dissected plateau of the upland region of Glamorgan, the Blaenau Morgannwg.

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  • The main shopping area, within the beautiful historic walled City makes it a truly pleasurable experience to walk between the shops.

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  • The Hazelwood also has the benefit of its own car park - a major plus in the middle of an historic city.

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  • Position is that historic preservation act the army calls.

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  • In late 2005, Morales won the presidency with a historic 54 percent of the vote.

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  • This book provides historic background relevant to current restoration projects.

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  • Slots eight table historic tans pueblo Interactive Gaming Systems fee may be hands down trump.

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  • Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, this narrow gage railroad is an International Historic Civil Engineering landmark.

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  • More about this disk " The anthology of premiere recordings... is truly historic.

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  • The exterior stonework has been cleaned and partly refaced at the expense of the Historic Buildings Appeal.

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  • With several sitting rooms and a grand salon, this is an ideal base for exploring Tuscany and historic Lucca.

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  • The Old Post Office is also home to a unique collection of historic needlework samplers dating from the mid-17 th century.

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  • Marine Parade seafront terrace A unique view of a historic terrace on Great Yarmouth seafront terrace A unique view of a historic terrace on Great Yarmouth seafront.

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  • This reef is the site of several historic shipwrecks; however, the dive takes place on the deep water side along the wall.

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  • There are full details of the historic issue, commemorating the 18th SEA Games in 1995, which included snooker for the first time.

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  • Solid (if slightly snooty) hotel in this historic village.

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  • Setting sail in the evening, we pass by historic Frobisher Bay and head southeast through the narrows.

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  • The first step in almost all cases will be to consult the historic buildings specialist in the local authority.

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  • At this historic launch Mrs Rosemary Kennedy, Chief Nursing Officer for Wales, will make a keynote speech to launch the Academy.

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  • We also believe provision of historic environment services by local government should become statutory, supported by adequate resourcing.

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  • The aim was to determine the current status of dwarf stonewort on known sites and evaluate the potential of historic sites for re-establishment.

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  • Stories will be told by local storytellers, please contact Historic Scotland for further information on specific storytellers.

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  • Middlesbrough's historic North Riding Infirmary is currently under threat after proposals to build a supermarket on the site were unveiled.

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  • Complete new steel superstructure of superb workmanship, & internal refit of this historic boat built by Harris brothers in the 1960's.

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  • In the narrow medieval streets of the town, blessed with a wealth of historic houses, Plas Mawr reigns supreme.

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  • Historic survey shows have included ' British surrealism ' and ' The 1960s ' .

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  • In the other field the geophysical survey indicated the presence of a couple of features which predated the historic field pattern.

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  • Her previous experience in historic building survey and recording has been in on-site surveying and rectified photographical assessment using 3-Dimensional design packages.

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  • In a historic agreement France and Cameroon have signed the first ever debt-for-nature swap.

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  • Posted 20 Dec 2005 Historic deal for new Crawley Library A land swop has enabled this £ 14m development to go ahead.

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  • The stop bar tailpiece is from a USA Gibson Les Paul Custom or Historic model.

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  • The Oxford virtual Science Walk A virtual walking tour of sites in Oxford with historic scientific associations.

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  • The town is delightful and historic, yet not too touristy or too big.

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  • Cornwall & Scilly Urban Survey covers 19 historic towns.

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  • The impact of traffic is also having a detrimental impact on the historic townscape.

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  • The historic treble is on display with photo opportunities.

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  • From nearby, historic Totnes Key you can take a boat trip down the River Dart to Dartmouth.

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  • Gaze into traditional mash tuns, see the modern Millenium Brewhouse and contrast historic steam engines with the automated equipment in use today.

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  • Patti Pavilion to be transformed May 2006 Swansea's historic Patti Pavilion is to be transformed into a major entertainment venue.

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  • Lancaster has a thriving modern University which has brought a new vibrancy to this historic city.

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  • The historic town of Dijon is the capital of the Côte d'Or with its world famous vineyards.

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  • Color leaflet guide to route following this historic artificial watercourse.

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  • In any case, look out for celebrations at our historic waterfront during the coming months.

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  • If this scheme goes ahead it will destroy the character of the most historic section of the Leeds city center waterfront.

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  • Rutland Square Hotel, Nottingham The Rutland Square Hotel is situated only 50 yards from historic Nottingham Castle.

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  • In historic times it was applied to the inhabitants of (I) Attica, where some believed the Ionians to have originated; (2) parts of Euboea; (3) the Cycladic islands, except Melos and Thera; (4) a section of the west coast of Asia Minor, from the gulf of Smyrna to that of Iasus (see Ionia); (5) colonies from ' any of the foregoing, notably in Thrace, Propontis and Pontus in the west, and in Egypt (Naucratis, Daphnae); some authorities have found traces of an ancient Ionian population in (6) north-eastern Peloponnese.

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  • The early inhabitants, whose race is unknown, were extirpated or absorbed in the Dorian migration, for in historic times the city had a homogeneous Dorian population.

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  • Third Conference (July 3-27, 1888), convened and presided over by Archbishop Benson; 145 bishops present; the chief subject of consideration being the position of communities which do not possess the historic episcopate.

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  • Reason was applied to beliefs, the historic consciousness to life.

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  • Vast oak forests still covered the greater part of England and central Europe in the earlier historic period; and, though they have been gradually cleared in the progress of cultivation, oak is yet the prevailing tree in most of the woods of France, Germany and southern Russia, while in England the coppices and the few fragments of natural forest yet left are mainly composed of this species.

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  • This upheaval - the consequences of which have been felt even within the historic period, by the drainage of the formerly impracticable marshes of Novgorod and at the head of the Gulf of Finland - together with the destruction of forests (which must be considered, however, as a quite subordinate cause), contributes towards a decrease of precipitation over Russia and towards increased shallowness of her rivers.

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  • But they are separated by so many generations from the earliest historic times that sure conclusions regarding them are impossible; at all events, as yet Russian archaeologists are not agreed as to whether the ancestors of the Sla y s were Sarmatians only or Scythians also, whose skulls have nothing in common with those of the Mongol race.

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  • The recent exploration and excavation of early sites in Crete have entirely revolutionized our knowledge of its Early, remote past, and afforded the most astonishing E Middle evidence of the existence of a highly advanced and Late civilization going far back behind the historic period.

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  • Some light has been thrown on the connexion between the Tibetan race and certain tribes of central India, the Bhils and Kols; and it seems more probable that these tribes are the remnants of a Mongolian race which first displaced a yet earlier Negroid population, and was then itself shouldered out by a Caucasian irruption, than that they entered India by any of the northern passages within historic times.

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  • To defend it on the ground that it created and stimulated the national consciousness is hardly reconcilable with the historic remark of the voter who voted against Aristides because he wished to hear no more of his incorruptible integrity; moreover in democratic Athens the "national consciousness" was, if anything, too frequently stimulated in the ordinary course of government.

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  • The ground is covered with fragments of tiles and pottery of the classical period, and it is probably a hastily built encampment of historic times rather than a primitive fortification, as there are no prehistoric traces (Orsi in Notizie degli scavi, 1903, 442).

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  • But he thoroughly grasped its conditions, and in his great work on naval warfare (first published in 1891) he enunciated its principles with great cogency and with keen historic insight.

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  • The passage possessed for them a mysterious charm, largely due to its isolation and to their ignorance of the historic speculations which suggested it.

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  • The centre of Florence, which was becoming a danger from a hygienic point of view, was pulled down in 1880-1890, but, unfortunately, sufficient care was not taken to avoid destroying certain buildings of historic and artistic value which might have been spared without impairing the work of sanitation, while the new structures erected in their place, especially those in the Piaza Vittorio Emanuele, are almost uniformly ugly and quite out of keeping with Florentine architecture.

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  • The migration into Babylonia was simple, as there are no natural boundaries to separate it from north-east Arabia, and similar migrations have taken place in historic times.

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  • The absence of the historic names, " Jesus " and " Christ," may be due to the form of the book as purporting to quote angelic communications.

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  • In Laconia Aristodemus (or his twin sons) effected a rigid military occupation which eventually embraced the whole district, and permitted (a) the colonization of Melos, Thera and parts of Crete (before 800 B.C.), (b) the reconquest and annexation of Messenia (about 750 B.C.), (c) a settlement of half-breed Spartans at Tarentum in south Italy, 700 B.C. In Argos and other cities of Argolis the descendants of the Achaean chiefs were taken into political partnership, but a tradition of race-feud lasted till historic times.

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  • Since the kinship of the latter with the members of adjacent non-Dorian states was admitted, two different explanations seem to have been made, (I) on behalf of the non-Dorian populations, either that the Dorians were no true sons of Hellen, but were of some other northerly ancestry; or that they were merely Achaean exiles; and in either case that their historic predominance resulted from an act of violence, ill-disguised by their association with the ancient claims of the Peloponnesian Heraclidae; (2) on behalf of the Dorian aristocracies, that they were in some special sense " sons of Hellen," if not the only genuine Hellenes; the rest of the European Greeks, and in particular the anti-Dorian Athenians (with their marked likeness to Ionians), being regarded as Hellenized barbarians of " Pelasgian " origin (see Pelasgians).

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  • Survival of fair hair and complexion and light eyes among the upper classes in Thebes and some other localities shows that the blonde type of mankind which is characteristic of north-western Europe had already penetrated into Greek lands before classical times; but the ascription of the same physical traits to the Achaeans of Homer forbids us to regard them as peculiar to that latest wave of pre-classical immigrants to which the Dorians belong; and there is no satisfactory evidence as to the coloration of the Spartans, who alone were reputed to be pure-blooded Dorians in historic times.

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  • The question at once arises, Can the simple historic faith be maintained without adding theological interpretations, those arid wastes of dogma in which the springs of faith and reverence run dry?

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  • The Bjorkti intrigue evaporated without leaving any tangible result, and the historic rapprochement between Great Britain, France and Russia took its course.

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  • He was, however, full of vindictiveness, dissimulation and treachery, and there can be little doubt that in his historic conflict with Warren Hastings unworthy personal motives played a leading part.

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  • Boyd Dawkins and Brinton, that the French cave man came hither by way of Iceland; or with Keane, that two subvarieties, the long-headed Eskimo-Botocudo type and the Mexican roundheaded type, prior to all cultural developments, reached the New World, one by Iceland, the other by Bering Sea; or that Malayoid wanderers were stranded on the coast of South America; or that no breach of continuity has occurred since first the march of tribes began this way - ethnologists agree that the aborigines of the western came from the eastern hemisphere,and there is lacking any biological evidence of Caucasoid or Negroid blood flowing in the veins of Americans before the invasions of historic times.

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  • His purpose, as stated by himself, was to show that in words, even taken singly, "there are boundless stores of moral and historic truth, and no less of passion and imagination laid up" - a truth enforced by a number of most apposite illustrations.

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  • The scene in the garden is without the agony of Gethsemane; a faint echo of this historic anguish appears in the scene with the Greeks four days earlier, and even that peaceful appeal to, and answer of, the Father occurs only for His followers' sakes.

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  • But in John this symbolism figures a great historic fact, the joyous freshness of Jesus' ministerial beginnings, as indicated in the sayings of the Bridegroom and of the new wine, a freshness typical of Jesus' ceaseless renovation of souls.

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  • As regards Papias's Exposition, which Lightfoot describes as "among the earliest forerunners of commentaries, partly explanatory, partly illustrative, on portions of the New Testament," we need here only remark that, whatever its exact form may have been - as to which the extant fragments still leave room for doubt - it was in conception expository of the historic meaning of Christ's more ambiguous Sayings, viewed in the light of definitely ascertained apostolic traditions bearing on the subject.

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  • The minister of foreign affairs, M Tittoni, in reply expressed the adhesion of the Italian government to the humanitarian ideas which had met with such enthusiasm in the historic House of Parliament at Westminster.

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  • The Pharaohs of the historic period were thus divine, not only by virtue of their connection with Horus (see above), but also as descendants of Re; and the king of Egypt was called the good god during his lifetime, and the great god after his death.

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  • Since that year, however, there has been a steady flow of discoveries in prehistoric and early historic cemeteries, and, partly in consequence of this, monuments already known, such as the annals of the Palermo stone, have been made articulate for the beginnings of history in Egypt.

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  • Under his name of Etzel, Attila plays a great part in Teutonic legend (see Nibelungenlied) and under that of Atli in Scandinavian Saga, but his historic lineaments are greatly obscured in both.

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  • In historic times the resemblances between Rhea and the Asiatic Great Mother, Phrygian Cybele, were so noticeable that the Greeks accounted for them by regarding the latter as only their own Rhea, who had deserted her original home in Crete and fled to the mountain wilds of Asia Minor to escape the persecution of Kronos (Strabo 469, 12).

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  • Next year the great tragic poem of Torquemada came forth to bear witness that the hand which wrote Ruy Blas had lost nothing of its godlike power and its matchless cunning, if the author of Le Roi s'amuse had ceased to care much about coherence of construction from the theatrical point of view as compared with the perfection of a tragedy designed for the devotion of students not unworthy or incapable of the study; that his command of pity and terror, his powers of intuition and invention, had never been more absolute and more sublime; and that his infinite and illimitable charity of imagination could transfigure even the most monstrous historic representative of Christian or Catholic diabolatry into the likeness of a terribly benevolent and a tragically magnificent monomaniac. Two years later Victor Hugo published the third and concluding series of La Legende des siecles.

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  • His historic cave of Covadonga is only 8 m.

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  • Albreda, a small port on the north bank of the river, of some historic interest (see below), is in the Barra district.

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  • The kings majority, solemnly proclaimed on the 28th of October 1614, further strengthened the throne; while owing to the bungling of the third estate, who did not contrive to gain the support of the clergy and the nobility by some sort of concessions, the states-general, the last until 1789, proved like the others a mere historic episode, an impotent and inorganic expedient.

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  • The Protocol requires Departments to commission specialist conservation consultants to conduct quadrennial condition surveys on all historic assets.

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  • Shilhay is now a pleasant residential area on the edge of the historic key with some limited office accommodation for British Telecom.

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  • More about this disk The anthology of premiere recordings... is truly historic.

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  • We are proud to offer; comfortable, clean, fully en-suite guest accomodation in a recently refurbished, historic Regency Townhouse.

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  • Feldman said the Shiite population in Iraq has shown patience of historic proportion in not retaliating against the Sunni attacks.

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  • To the south of the A2 the Boro is largely rural with small, historic villages and hamlets.

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  • Among the many prized habitats in the Gower Peninsula are grasslands, heathlands, fresh and salt water marshes and historic ancient woodlands.

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  • First same-sex marriage (19 Dec 2005) Northern Ireland has hosted the first same-sex " marriage " in an historic ceremony.

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  • An historic village schoolhouse recently converted to the highest standards.

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  • In those places Chinese seafarers on ships bringing goods from Asia populated the historic Chinatowns of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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  • Marine Parade seafront terrace A unique view of a historic terrace on Great Yarmouth seafront.

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  • The game raked in enough cash to spawn an historic racing spin-off, GT Legends, which received an equally warm reception.

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  • A spellbinding promenade performance through the historic streets of Oxford will bring the year to an end.

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  • Located in the historic former Cambrian Mills, the Museum is a special place with a spellbinding story to tell.

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  • Anna Barrett offered to organize the Historic Churches sponsored bike ride in September.

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  • Louisville boasts the famous Kentucky Derby, along with historic buildings, top arts venues and steamboat trips.

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  • Middlesbrough 's historic North Riding Infirmary is currently under threat after proposals to build a supermarket on the site were unveiled.

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  • Historic survey shows have included ' British Surrealism ' and ' The 1960s '.

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  • The historic barrack rooms are a time capsule of the domestic life of the Scottish soldier.

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  • The Oxford Virtual Science Walk A virtual walking tour of sites in Oxford with historic scientific associations.

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  • Historic Route 40, the United States ' oldest transcontinental highway, running from Atlantic City, New Jersey to San Francisco.

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  • The historic Treble is on display with photo opportunities.

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  • Unwind by the swimming pool or take one of the daily excursions to the Falls or to the historic township of Livingstone.

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  • Patti Pavilion to be transformed May 2006 Swansea 's historic Patti Pavilion is to be transformed into a major entertainment venue.

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  • In any case, look out for celebrations at our Historic Waterfront during the coming months.

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  • In fact, the well-preserved building now is listed on Britain 's national historic register.

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  • India, at the receiving end thus far, scored a historic four- wicket victory in the decider to take the series.

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  • The waters wink back at the cameras, recording their own ephemeral impressions at the edge of a historic city.

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  • Such designations reflect both visual, historic and cultural qualities which are considered worthy of preservation and enhancement.

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  • Claudia is fascinated with the antebellum and Civil War historic periods of the United States.

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  • The people of the community gathered at the historic building to preempt its demolotion.

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  • Rugman.com has a variety of authentic oriental rugs from new to historic.

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  • Fans of history, movies and sports know the satisfaction that can be gained from purchasing and owning a historic letter or document, or a legendary player's jersey.

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  • Bromwell Housewares are historic keepsakes but don't be afraid to use them.

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  • It is now listed in the National Historic Registry.

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  • Ginkgo biloba is named after the ginkgo tree, a prevalent and historic Asian tree.

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  • From the historic 18th century homes of Society Hill to the row homes of Mayfair, Philadelphians love to decorate in a style that reflects their own tastes and personalities.

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  • The Breakers is one of ten historic Newport mansions available to tour.

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  • Beadboard adds a casual, rustic, and historic look to a room.

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  • In 1957, Hearst Castle was donated to the State of California as a historic house museum.

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  • This designer might concentrate on historic design or work with new construction.

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  • The property, now a National Trust Historic Site, was once the home of New York City Mayor, William Paulding, industrialist George Merritt, and railroad tycoon Jay Gould.

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  • Naperville is known for its historic district, filled with elegant Victorian homes, such as the one pictured above.

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  • If you have a historic home with some tin ceiling tiles still intact, you may be able to match the existing pattern.

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  • There are also many historic examples of punched tin in Central and Southern Europe where it shows up on everything from primitive boxes to conical lanterns that cast a glow upon Old World interiors.

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  • The chandeliers are crafted in the middle of Pennsylvania Amish country where 50 craftspeople build reproduction Early American chandeliers and lamps with historic techniques that were used as early as the 1800s.

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  • To explore this historic house that Mark Twain built for his family you need to understand the man and how certain events in his life shaped the destiny of the house.

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  • One appealing aspect of historic homes is that they have a history.

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  • If you are lucky enough to find a historic home that has been restored, you will appreciate the exquisite detailing that many modern homes lack.

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  • Historic homes usually increase in value over time, so if you decide to sell in the future and you have maintained or improved the home, depending on the economy, you will likely make a profit.

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  • Historic properties likely include mature trees and landscaping and are often located on streets with sidewalks.

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  • Old neighborhoods are often located near historic downtowns, so you may be able to walk to certain amenities or perhaps even your job.

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  • If you are accustomed to the luxuries of modern construction, a historic house may not be right for you.

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  • Original historic details such as hardware or molding may have been removed.

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  • Many historic neighborhoods experienced a decline in past years and are now in the process of gentrification.

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  • This is especially important when buying a historic home.

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  • Always be respectful of the home's historic style.

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  • If you've decided that a historic home is right for you, consult a local realtor to find historic houses for sale in your area.

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  • There are also several websites that specialize in searches for historic homes.

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  • Home owners have many factors to consider before constructing additions to historic houses.

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  • You probably already have a good idea of what kind of spaces you want to add to your historic house.

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  • Any renovation takes plenty of planning, and this is especially true of additions to historic houses.

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  • How much do you know about your historic home?

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  • Talk with neighbors, check the title, review tax records, locate deeds, or examine historic city maps.

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  • It is strongly suggested that you retain the services of an architect who has experience with historic additions and renovations.

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  • Many people believe that, when adding on to historic structures, you should strive to match the existing materials and details so that it appears the new portion has been there from the beginning.

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  • A modern addition can be respectful of a historic home without trying to copy it.

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  • The home was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1982, and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, which was started by Wright in 1940 as a nonprofit institution, currently owns Taliesin West.

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  • Each year, millions of visitors are attracted to the historic houses of Savannah.

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  • The home is said to be haunted and currently serves as a historic inn with several rooms for rent.

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  • Whether you are installing a new ceiling, or covering an old one, consider faux tin to bring some historic style to the space.

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  • Historic homes and traditional décor are the focus of this favorite interior design magazine.

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  • The mix of articles include those that take readers to historic places and others that offer suggestions for bringing traditional styles and themes into modern homes.

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  • In addition to private homes, Brown has worked on historic houses, apartment buildings and commercial properties.

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  • However you choose to use this classic and historic image, it is sure to add appeal to any home design.

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  • Widely available and reasonably priced, this historic fragrance has certainly stood the test of time.

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  • Another way to view old maps is to visit Historic Road Maps.

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  • For the history buff, you can pull up historic maps of the United States, like Lewis and Clark's route and how the United States looked in 1860.

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  • Also for history aficionados, The Online Map Bank offers many historic maps from the Early world to Kingdoms of the Middle Ages to maps from the different wars.

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  • Reference - Looking for historic maps or topographical maps of a certain country or of the world?

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  • Breckenridge, with its historic museums and thriving arts district, attracts people who want a bit of intellectual stimulation with their winter sport vacation.

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  • Is there a town in your city you've always wanted to visit, for example, the historic district?

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  • Beautiful estates and historic sites offer luxurious places to wed with a rich history.

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  • Big Island-The Big Island has the world's largest, active volcano and a variety of land forms, from large beaches to lava fields and historic sites.

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  • Choose a park, historic house with gardens, or even your own backyard.

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  • For example, an old historic house with stately gardens is more appropriate for a formal wedding than a casual one.

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