The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 211A. Constable, 1910 |
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Page 171
... civilisation presented to our notice comparable in all its main aspects to the civilisation of the Nile ; comparable to it in the immovable and fixedly archaic character of its religion and its art , and comparable to it , too , in the ...
... civilisation presented to our notice comparable in all its main aspects to the civilisation of the Nile ; comparable to it in the immovable and fixedly archaic character of its religion and its art , and comparable to it , too , in the ...
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Or Critical Journal. millennium , Cretan civilisation developed within the sphere of this common culture ; its advance was rapid ; early relations with the civilisation of Egypt quickened the progress of an inventive and original people ...
Or Critical Journal. millennium , Cretan civilisation developed within the sphere of this common culture ; its advance was rapid ; early relations with the civilisation of Egypt quickened the progress of an inventive and original people ...
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... civilisation which foreran that of Hellas ; they have proved it to be more ancient and more original than had been supposed . They have revealed to us a most fascinating art , not indeed inde- pendent of convention , but never suffering ...
... civilisation which foreran that of Hellas ; they have proved it to be more ancient and more original than had been supposed . They have revealed to us a most fascinating art , not indeed inde- pendent of convention , but never suffering ...
Contents
1 Industrial Efficiency A comparative study | 1 |
Golden Age By E L S Horsburgh B | 35 |
Holland Sweden Denmark | 62 |
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