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Page 137
... figure , half man and half stag ; it dominates the mass of figures from a height of 13 feet ( 4 metres ) from the cave floor , with a clarity of composi- tion unusual in Franco - Cantabrian art . The significance of the sorcerer is ...
... figure , half man and half stag ; it dominates the mass of figures from a height of 13 feet ( 4 metres ) from the cave floor , with a clarity of composi- tion unusual in Franco - Cantabrian art . The significance of the sorcerer is ...
Page 254
... figure by their drawings of both Brother Jonathan and Uncle Sam as lean , whiskered gentlemen wearing top hats and striped pants . Probably the first U.S. political cartoonist to crystallize the figure of Uncle Sam was Thomas Nast ...
... figure by their drawings of both Brother Jonathan and Uncle Sam as lean , whiskered gentlemen wearing top hats and striped pants . Probably the first U.S. political cartoonist to crystallize the figure of Uncle Sam was Thomas Nast ...
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... figure ; Pop . ( 1970 prelim . ) 1,000 for a preliminary census figure ; and Pop . ( 1970 est . ) 1,000 for an official estimate or projection for the year cited , for a current administrative count obtained from records of central or ...
... figure ; Pop . ( 1970 prelim . ) 1,000 for a preliminary census figure ; and Pop . ( 1970 est . ) 1,000 for an official estimate or projection for the year cited , for a current administrative count obtained from records of central or ...
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