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Page 285
... tion and the donation of his own vast and valuable collections . Among the rare treas- ures he bequeathed is the so - called Franks casket , a whalebone box of 8th - century Northumbrian origin , inscribed in runic letters and decorated ...
... tion and the donation of his own vast and valuable collections . Among the rare treas- ures he bequeathed is the so - called Franks casket , a whalebone box of 8th - century Northumbrian origin , inscribed in runic letters and decorated ...
Page 363
... tion . " He further developed this thesis in the Phaedrus and Ion , in which poets and their lower counterparts , the rhapsodes , are de- scribed as madmen at the mercy of the Muses , the gods of all inspiration . In a passage from Ion ...
... tion . " He further developed this thesis in the Phaedrus and Ion , in which poets and their lower counterparts , the rhapsodes , are de- scribed as madmen at the mercy of the Muses , the gods of all inspiration . In a passage from Ion ...
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... tion focussed mainly on Gia Dinh ( q.v. ) town , the provincial seat , 2 mi north of Saigon . Thu Duc , 10 mi ( 16 km ) northeast of Saigon , has steel fabrication , asbestos , clay products , and fertilizer plants . At Binh Loi there ...
... tion focussed mainly on Gia Dinh ( q.v. ) town , the provincial seat , 2 mi north of Saigon . Thu Duc , 10 mi ( 16 km ) northeast of Saigon , has steel fabrication , asbestos , clay products , and fertilizer plants . At Binh Loi there ...
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