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Page 115
... served as models for Icelandic writers when they set out to form a coherent picture of early Scandinavian history . Translations of lives of the saints and the apostles and accounts of the Holy Virgin testify to the skill of Icelandic ...
... served as models for Icelandic writers when they set out to form a coherent picture of early Scandinavian history . Translations of lives of the saints and the apostles and accounts of the Holy Virgin testify to the skill of Icelandic ...
Page 206
... served by a dozen talented writer - illustrators , such as Wanda Gág , with her classic Millions of Cats ( 1928 ) and other delightful books ; and Ludwig Bemelmans , with Madeline ( 1939 ) and its sequels . Other distinguished names in ...
... served by a dozen talented writer - illustrators , such as Wanda Gág , with her classic Millions of Cats ( 1928 ) and other delightful books ; and Ludwig Bemelmans , with Madeline ( 1939 ) and its sequels . Other distinguished names in ...
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... served as the original for the sign sila , meaning " litre . " It is not too rash to deduce from the mass production of such standard vessels that they served for the issue of rations . This would have been the earliest instance of a ...
... served as the original for the sign sila , meaning " litre . " It is not too rash to deduce from the mass production of such standard vessels that they served for the issue of rations . This would have been the earliest instance of a ...
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