Like the three principal colours of the rainbow, these three stages of civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off the one into the other; and yet their succession, so far as Western Europe is concerned, appears to be equally well defined with that... The Book of the Sword - Page 17by Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1884 - 299 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Evans - 1872 - 698 pages
...civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off the one into the other ; and yet their succession, so far as Western Europe is concerned, appears to be...defined with that of the prismatic colours, though the proportions of the spectrum may vary in different countries. I have spoken of this division into Periods... | |
| Henry Woodward - 1873 - 680 pages
...civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off the one into the other; and yet their succession, so far as Western Europe is concerned, appears to be...defined with that of the prismatic colours, though the proportions of the spectrum may vary in different countries." (p. 2.) In attempting to compute the... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1873 - 606 pages
...of civilisation overlap, intermingle, and shade off the one into the other, yet their succession, so far as Western Europe is concerned, appears to be...well defined with that of the prismatic colours.' * The late M. Morlot, to whom we are indebted for a masterly sketch of the early progress of this new... | |
| Henry Woodward - 1873 - 644 pages
...civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off the one into the other; and yet their succession, so far as Western Europe is concerned, appears to be...defined with that of the prismatic colours, though the proportions of the spectrum may vary in different countries." (p. 2.) In attempting to compute the... | |
| John Evans - 1881 - 548 pages
...shade off the one into the other, though their succession, so far as Britain and Western Europe are concerned, appears to be equally well defined with that of the prismatic colours. B In thus speaking of a bronze-using period I by no means wish to exclude the possible use of copper... | |
| William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1886 - 414 pages
...writes Mr. Evans, "these three stages of civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off, the one into the other ; and yet their succession, as far...defined with that of the prismatic colours, though the proportions of the spectrum may vary in different countries." Petrie, the well-known Irish antiquary,... | |
| William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1886 - 402 pages
...writes Mr. Evans, "these three stages of civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off, the one into the other; and yet their succession, as far as...defined with that of the prismatic colours, though the proportions of the spectrum may vary in different countries." Petrie, the well-known Irish antiquary,... | |
| 1906 - 578 pages
...civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off the one into the other; and yet their succession, so far as Western Europe is concerned, appears to be...defined with that of the prismatic colours, though the proportions of the spectrum may vary in different countries». Si estas aclaraciones son pertinentes... | |
| 1877 - 776 pages
...colors of the rainbow, these three stages of civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off the one into the other, and yet their succession, as far as...be equally well defined with that of the prismatic colors." But while the red, yellow, and blue ofthe rainbow blend into each other at their edges, the... | |
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