Cyclopedia of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate Definitions of All Terms Employed in Belles-lettres, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Mythology, Painting, Music, Sculpture, Architecture, and All Kindred ArtsBarnes, 1873 - 647 páginas |
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... appears to have been exchanged for the more stately act of touching , or gently striking , with the royal sword , the neck of the kneeling knight . The present ceremony of con- ferring the honor of knighthood is evi- dently derived from ...
... appears to have been exchanged for the more stately act of touching , or gently striking , with the royal sword , the neck of the kneeling knight . The present ceremony of con- ferring the honor of knighthood is evi- dently derived from ...
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... appears regular and in just proportion . AN'APEST , a foot in Greek and Latin metre , consisting of two short syllables followed by a long , being the name of the dactyle . ANAPH'ORA , a rhetorical figure , which consists in the ...
... appears regular and in just proportion . AN'APEST , a foot in Greek and Latin metre , consisting of two short syllables followed by a long , being the name of the dactyle . ANAPH'ORA , a rhetorical figure , which consists in the ...
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... appears from the use made of the bow by the English at the battles of Cressy , Agincourt , and Poictiers , that their claim to be considered the best of modern archers can scarcely be disputed . ARCHETYPE , the first model of a work ...
... appears from the use made of the bow by the English at the battles of Cressy , Agincourt , and Poictiers , that their claim to be considered the best of modern archers can scarcely be disputed . ARCHETYPE , the first model of a work ...
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... appears to have arisen from ideas tolerably rational at first . The regular appearance and disappear . ance of the birds , and the precision that is observable in almost their whole pro ceedings , might naturally impress an ignorant ...
... appears to have arisen from ideas tolerably rational at first . The regular appearance and disappear . ance of the birds , and the precision that is observable in almost their whole pro ceedings , might naturally impress an ignorant ...
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... appears to be to collect and cultivate , at the public expense , all the species and varieties of plants that can be cultivated in the given climate , with or without the aid of glass ; and then to distribute these to private ...
... appears to be to collect and cultivate , at the public expense , all the species and varieties of plants that can be cultivated in the given climate , with or without the aid of glass ; and then to distribute these to private ...
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