Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences,literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volum 6Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1831 |
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Pàgina 6
... whole period which elapsed between the battle of Chæronea and the destruction of Corinth by the Romans , the arts and sciences flourished among the Greeks ; indeed , the golden age of the arts was in the time of Alexander . The Grecian ...
... whole period which elapsed between the battle of Chæronea and the destruction of Corinth by the Romans , the arts and sciences flourished among the Greeks ; indeed , the golden age of the arts was in the time of Alexander . The Grecian ...
Pàgina 11
... whole cir- cle of traditions and fables , and not mere- ly the events of the Trojan war . Cyclic poetry comprehended the whole compass of mythology ; and we may , therefore , di- vide it into , 1. a cosmogonical , 2. a genea- logical ...
... whole cir- cle of traditions and fables , and not mere- ly the events of the Trojan war . Cyclic poetry comprehended the whole compass of mythology ; and we may , therefore , di- vide it into , 1. a cosmogonical , 2. a genea- logical ...
Pàgina 15
... whole , it gained in extent , not in value , since a taste for the wonderful had now become prevalent . The more gratifying , therefore , is the appearance of Polybius of Megalopolis , about the end of this pe- riod , who is to be ...
... whole , it gained in extent , not in value , since a taste for the wonderful had now become prevalent . The more gratifying , therefore , is the appearance of Polybius of Megalopolis , about the end of this pe- riod , who is to be ...
Pàgina 32
... whole day . It was , perhaps , the first during the war that deserved the name of a naval engagement . The intrepid Kanaris blew up , with his fire - ships , an Egyptian frigate of 44 guns , and a brig . The Greeks lost ten small ships ...
... whole day . It was , perhaps , the first during the war that deserved the name of a naval engagement . The intrepid Kanaris blew up , with his fire - ships , an Egyptian frigate of 44 guns , and a brig . The Greeks lost ten small ships ...
Pàgina 34
... whole state of European politics forbade any single power from promising direct intervention . Yet the English government permitted their con- sul at Alexandria to forbid British ships to carry ammunition from Egypt to Greece for the ...
... whole state of European politics forbade any single power from promising direct intervention . Yet the English government permitted their con- sul at Alexandria to forbid British ships to carry ammunition from Egypt to Greece for the ...
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