Reynard the Fox in South Africa: Or, Hottentot Fables and TalesTrübner and Company, 1864 - 94 pages |
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... that their literary activity ( in contradistinction to the general character * Cisgariepian , from the Nama point of view , ie . , to the North of the Orange River . of Native literature among Negro nations ) has been employed xii PREFACE .
... that their literary activity ( in contradistinction to the general character * Cisgariepian , from the Nama point of view , ie . , to the North of the Orange River . of Native literature among Negro nations ) has been employed xii PREFACE .
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... these Hottentot Fables , and consequently stamp them with the character of the oldest and most primitive literary remains of the old mother tongue of the Sexdenoting nations , or whether they have only sprung up recently PREFACE . xiii.
... these Hottentot Fables , and consequently stamp them with the character of the oldest and most primitive literary remains of the old mother tongue of the Sexdenoting nations , or whether they have only sprung up recently PREFACE . xiii.
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... character . This contrast to what we find among the Hottentots ap- pears not to be accidental , but merely a natural ... Characters , p . 229 ; 2. Egyptian , p . 248 ; 3. Hottentot , p . 248 ; 4. Shemo - Hamitic , or Assyro- Berber , p ...
... character . This contrast to what we find among the Hottentots ap- pears not to be accidental , but merely a natural ... Characters , p . 229 ; 2. Egyptian , p . 248 ; 3. Hottentot , p . 248 ; 4. Shemo - Hamitic , or Assyro- Berber , p ...
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... character ; and it is only when in the course of generations their real origin has been obscured , and they have become merely the petrified excrescences of a traditionary creed , that their apparent absurdity makes them at first sight ...
... character ; and it is only when in the course of generations their real origin has been obscured , and they have become merely the petrified excrescences of a traditionary creed , that their apparent absurdity makes them at first sight ...
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... characters are con- ceived and executed with real genius . " - Pro- spective Review . " Both stories contain matter of thought and reflection which would set up a dozen common- place circulating - library productions . " --- Exa- miner ...
... characters are con- ceived and executed with real genius . " - Pro- spective Review . " Both stories contain matter of thought and reflection which would set up a dozen common- place circulating - library productions . " --- Exa- miner ...
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