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... implements , all of which contain the special angles which form the graceful lines of the Gothic arch and other proportions which grace many architectural designs . Passing on to the Pacific coast , a rapid review was given of the work ...
... implements , all of which contain the special angles which form the graceful lines of the Gothic arch and other proportions which grace many architectural designs . Passing on to the Pacific coast , a rapid review was given of the work ...
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... IMPLEMENTS . .t'si , t'su ( H. ) , t'sé ( D. R. ) ; ella ( Slave and Sék . ) = RR .: t's- ; -lla .'toc : ' tôh , ' to , ' qoc ( C . ) = RR ,: ' to .bés , bié , bé : qəzthih ( C. ) ; ǝthés ( L.C . ) = RR .: b . .tséñį , kokfwiñ ( H ...
... IMPLEMENTS . .t'si , t'su ( H. ) , t'sé ( D. R. ) ; ella ( Slave and Sék . ) = RR .: t's- ; -lla .'toc : ' tôh , ' to , ' qoc ( C . ) = RR ,: ' to .bés , bié , bé : qəzthih ( C. ) ; ǝthés ( L.C . ) = RR .: b . .tséñį , kokfwiñ ( H ...
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... implements , to sound the lakes . Sir Robert Davies , who had passed that winter at Detroit , having a curiosity to see further into the country , ( which in fact was the motive which had induced him to come so far as Detroit ...
... implements , to sound the lakes . Sir Robert Davies , who had passed that winter at Detroit , having a curiosity to see further into the country , ( which in fact was the motive which had induced him to come so far as Detroit ...
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... -60 43 Some Stone Implements from Lake St. John , Quebec . ( Tit . ) ... III . V. 124 ᎪᎡᎢ . FORSTER , ( J. W. L . ) 1891-92 . ] 317 GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY . Bibliography of Publications of Canadian Institute Archæology Art Astronomy.
... -60 43 Some Stone Implements from Lake St. John , Quebec . ( Tit . ) ... III . V. 124 ᎪᎡᎢ . FORSTER , ( J. W. L . ) 1891-92 . ] 317 GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY . Bibliography of Publications of Canadian Institute Archæology Art Astronomy.
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... Implements ... ୪ ୫୫୫ 106 CHAPTER VI . III CHAPTER VII . Bark Implements . 120 Esculent and Medicinal Plants 127 Other Bark Implements 132 CHAPTER VIII . Copper and Iron Implements ... Copper Implements 1892-93 ] 3 NOTES ON THE WESTERN ...
... Implements ... ୪ ୫୫୫ 106 CHAPTER VI . III CHAPTER VII . Bark Implements . 120 Esculent and Medicinal Plants 127 Other Bark Implements 132 CHAPTER VIII . Copper and Iron Implements ... Copper Implements 1892-93 ] 3 NOTES ON THE WESTERN ...
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Page 131 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
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Page 331 - Appendix (No. 15) already mentioned, often the substance, and sometimes almost the literal expression (the ipsissima verba) of passages given by Mr. Macpherson, in the poems of which he has published the translations. But the committee has not been able to obtain any one poem the same in title or tenor with the poems published by him.