A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... writing of old Mexico , relating the reign and conquests of King Acamapich , Down the left border runs a broad stripe of blue , divided into thirteen parts by lines resembling the rounds of a MEXICAN PICTURE - WRITING . 13 In each com- A.
... writing of old Mexico , relating the reign and conquests of King Acamapich , Down the left border runs a broad stripe of blue , divided into thirteen parts by lines resembling the rounds of a MEXICAN PICTURE - WRITING . 13 In each com- A.
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... line to mark close connection . By some such suggestive painting upon cotton cloth or aloe leaves did the frightened Mexicans , who dwelt on the coast of the great Gulf , convey to the inland towns the terrible news that Cortez and his ...
... line to mark close connection . By some such suggestive painting upon cotton cloth or aloe leaves did the frightened Mexicans , who dwelt on the coast of the great Gulf , convey to the inland towns the terrible news that Cortez and his ...
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... lines , the latter being the first step toward the formation of an alphabet . For instance , a combat is represented ... line of the same , or a greenish hue , represented the sea . The sun is red with a yellow rim . Men's flesh is red ...
... lines , the latter being the first step toward the formation of an alphabet . For instance , a combat is represented ... line of the same , or a greenish hue , represented the sea . The sun is red with a yellow rim . Men's flesh is red ...
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... lines might help the memory to retain the tale . Oldest of all British literature , or , indeed , of all literature in modern Europe , of which any specimens remain , are some scraps of Irish verse , found in the Annalists and ascribed ...
... lines might help the memory to retain the tale . Oldest of all British literature , or , indeed , of all literature in modern Europe , of which any specimens remain , are some scraps of Irish verse , found in the Annalists and ascribed ...
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... line beginning with the same letter , which letter must also be the initial of the first word , on which the stress of the voice falls in the second line . The only approach to a metrical system yet discovered is , that two risings and ...
... line beginning with the same letter , which letter must also be the initial of the first word , on which the stress of the voice falls in the second line . The only approach to a metrical system yet discovered is , that two risings and ...
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