Transactions of the Second Session of the International Congress of Orientalists: Held in London in September, 1874Robert K. Douglas Trübner, 1876 - 456 pages |
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... given us the favour of his company to - day . It was founded in Paris in 1873. The warm interest ever shown by France in Oriental studies , and the high distinction long ago attained by the celebrated men of that country , most of whom ...
... given us the favour of his company to - day . It was founded in Paris in 1873. The warm interest ever shown by France in Oriental studies , and the high distinction long ago attained by the celebrated men of that country , most of whom ...
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... given to the student . These materials were unknown to inquirers of the previous century . Empires have been exhumed , and for the first time a contemporary history of recorded events has been found . In Egypt the more recent ...
... given to the student . These materials were unknown to inquirers of the previous century . Empires have been exhumed , and for the first time a contemporary history of recorded events has been found . In Egypt the more recent ...
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... given way to convictions , and the truth of Assyrian researches has been finally recognized . The study of these ancient languages , which may be classed as extinct , in contradistinction to those which , though no longer spoken , have ...
... given way to convictions , and the truth of Assyrian researches has been finally recognized . The study of these ancient languages , which may be classed as extinct , in contradistinction to those which , though no longer spoken , have ...
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... given rise in past ages to discoveries relatively as great and important as those which , in modern Europe , cease to astonish us , simply because of their uni- versal diffusion and daily use . All these can be made objects of inquiry ...
... given rise in past ages to discoveries relatively as great and important as those which , in modern Europe , cease to astonish us , simply because of their uni- versal diffusion and daily use . All these can be made objects of inquiry ...
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... given of Semitic . This group has always possessed an interest beyond , and independently of , its linguistic peculiarities , in consequence of its having been the medium , to use the words of Dr. Pritchard , " of handing down and ...
... given of Semitic . This group has always possessed an interest beyond , and independently of , its linguistic peculiarities , in consequence of its having been the medium , to use the words of Dr. Pritchard , " of handing down and ...
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