The Book of the SwordChatto and Windus, 1884 - Всего страниц: 299 |
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... into the royal name ' Pirhua . ' The French and Belgian caverns prove that striking fire by means of pyrites was known to primitive man . and travel tell us of no race so rude as 85 B PREAMBLE: ON THE ORIGIN OF WEAPONS ix xi.
... into the royal name ' Pirhua . ' The French and Belgian caverns prove that striking fire by means of pyrites was known to primitive man . and travel tell us of no race so rude as 85 B PREAMBLE: ON THE ORIGIN OF WEAPONS ix xi.
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Sir Richard Francis Burton. and travel tell us of no race so rude as to lack artificial means of offence and defence ... telling us that when the Spaniards [ in Peru ] pass under the trees where the monkeys are , these creatures break ...
Sir Richard Francis Burton. and travel tell us of no race so rude as to lack artificial means of offence and defence ... telling us that when the Spaniards [ in Peru ] pass under the trees where the monkeys are , these creatures break ...
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... tells us that Eskimo children are taught stone - throwing D FIG . 13. ANCIENT EGYPTIANS THROWING KNIVES . at a mark as soon as they can use their hands . The late Sir R. Schomburg de- scribes a singular custom amongst the Demarara ...
... tells us that Eskimo children are taught stone - throwing D FIG . 13. ANCIENT EGYPTIANS THROWING KNIVES . at a mark as soon as they can use their hands . The late Sir R. Schomburg de- scribes a singular custom amongst the Demarara ...
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... tell us that the venom is the cuticle of the cactus , which is quite harmless . The Papuans tip their arrows with a human bone , which is poisoned by being thrust into a putrid corpse . Hence , they say , Commodore Goodenough met his ...
... tell us that the venom is the cuticle of the cactus , which is quite harmless . The Papuans tip their arrows with a human bone , which is poisoned by being thrust into a putrid corpse . Hence , they say , Commodore Goodenough met his ...
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... tells us of a people , whose name has disappeared , that , in FIG . 32 . HARPOON HEAD . addition to their brazen helmets , they wore the ears and horns of an ox in brass . This horn - helmet shows the savage practice of defending the ...
... tells us of a people , whose name has disappeared , that , in FIG . 32 . HARPOON HEAD . addition to their brazen helmets , they wore the ears and horns of an ox in brass . This horn - helmet shows the savage practice of defending the ...
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Стр. 166 - From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Стр. 16 - Arma antiqua, manus, ungues, dentesque fuerunt, Et lapides, et item sylvarum fragmina rami, Et ílammae, atque ignes, postquam suntcognitaprimum: Posterius ferri vis est aerisque reperta : Et prior aeris erat quam ferri cognitus usus ; Quo facilis magis est natura, et copia major.
Стр. 50 - Surely there is a vein for the silver, And a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, And brass is molten out of the stone.
Стр. 178 - And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
Стр. 16 - ... cum prorepserunt primis animalia terris, mutum et turpe pecus, glandem atque cubilia propter unguibus et pugnis, dein fustibus atque ita porro pugnabant armis, quae post fabricaverat usus, donec verba, quibus voces sensusque notarent, nominaque invenere; dehinc absistere bello, oppida coeperunt munire et ponere leges, ne quis fur esset neu latro neu quis adulter.
Стр. 50 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Стр. 109 - One day he handed to his neighbours the following verses of his own composing to be spread about : — " Ding dong ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast, Until the Iron turns to Steel at last ! Now shall the long long Day of Rest begin, The Land of Bliss Eternal calls me in." Thereupon he died. But his verses spread all over Honan, and many learned to call upon Buddha
Стр. xviii - Museum under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. From Photographs, Plans, and Drawings taken by Order of the Government of India. By HENRY HARDY COLE, LIEUT. RE, Superintendent Archaeological Survey of India, North-West Provinces.
Стр. 17 - Like the three principal colours of the rainbow, these three stages of civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off the one into the other; and yet their succession, so far as Western Europe is concerned, appears to be equally well defined with that of the prismatic colours, though the proportions of the spectrum may vary in different countries.
Стр. 179 - I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner : 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.