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Page 232
... tradition , begun in primitive times , was retained even when they learned to work with metals and with stone and continued to flourish long after the great age of stone sculpture and stone architecture , which ended in the 13th century ...
... tradition , begun in primitive times , was retained even when they learned to work with metals and with stone and continued to flourish long after the great age of stone sculpture and stone architecture , which ended in the 13th century ...
Page 242
... tradition is seldom accorded status and may be despised as a vaga- bond . The spoken drama , the ballet , and the modern dances are known only superficially in Southeast Asia . The sole ex- ception is the Philippines , where amateur ...
... tradition is seldom accorded status and may be despised as a vaga- bond . The spoken drama , the ballet , and the modern dances are known only superficially in Southeast Asia . The sole ex- ception is the Philippines , where amateur ...
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... traditions that were to acquire lasting influence . Among these personages was a certain Ko Hsüan ( 3rd century AD ) , who was said to have been initiated into an ancient alchemical tradition . His great - nephew Ko Hung in the next ...
... traditions that were to acquire lasting influence . Among these personages was a certain Ko Hsüan ( 3rd century AD ) , who was said to have been initiated into an ancient alchemical tradition . His great - nephew Ko Hung in the next ...
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