Transactions of the Second Session Held at London, in September, 1874Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas Trübner, 1876 - 456 pages |
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... present volume has been due to several causes , and prin- cipally to the difficulty of collecting the Oriental types re- quired for the work . Some it has been necessary to gather from various and friendly sources , and others , being ...
... present volume has been due to several causes , and prin- cipally to the difficulty of collecting the Oriental types re- quired for the work . Some it has been necessary to gather from various and friendly sources , and others , being ...
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... present determined , notwithstanding brilliant offers and pressing invitations from other countries , that this second Congress should be held in England , and in this great city , distinguished for its extent as well as for its de ...
... present determined , notwithstanding brilliant offers and pressing invitations from other countries , that this second Congress should be held in England , and in this great city , distinguished for its extent as well as for its de ...
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... present day is not merely a name or a sinecure , he is a reality , an administrator ; and , however ably seconded by his secretaries and his committee , he has yet a great deal of detail to manage and many arrangements to effect . In ...
... present day is not merely a name or a sinecure , he is a reality , an administrator ; and , however ably seconded by his secretaries and his committee , he has yet a great deal of detail to manage and many arrangements to effect . In ...
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... present of all the Oriental Societies and Academies of Europe , and it will be for them to consider if some mutual agreement can be arrived at on this subject ; and for most Oriental languages a decision favourable to one universal ...
... present of all the Oriental Societies and Academies of Europe , and it will be for them to consider if some mutual agreement can be arrived at on this subject ; and for most Oriental languages a decision favourable to one universal ...
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... present stands , does not harmonize - there is a want of synchronism . It is not possible to decide at present where the error lies , but nothing but an act of violence , such as the alteration of text , or the forced hypothesis of an ...
... present stands , does not harmonize - there is a want of synchronism . It is not possible to decide at present where the error lies , but nothing but an act of violence , such as the alteration of text , or the forced hypothesis of an ...
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