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In the tenth century we reach the beginning of a third stage in the use of the ecclesiastical ceremony . The nuptials still constitute two distinct acts . The first is the " gifta " proper according to the usual temporal form .
In the tenth century we reach the beginning of a third stage in the use of the ecclesiastical ceremony . The nuptials still constitute two distinct acts . The first is the " gifta " proper according to the usual temporal form .
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A century before Voltaire's Essai , ' Bossuet had written a Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle , ' a supreme example of the historical hobby - horse , for which Voltaire was not slow to chivy him . The illustrious Bossuet seems to have ...
A century before Voltaire's Essai , ' Bossuet had written a Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle , ' a supreme example of the historical hobby - horse , for which Voltaire was not slow to chivy him . The illustrious Bossuet seems to have ...
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For many centuries Time was so obstinately stationary in those lost areas of the East that , in comparison , a mere quarter- century is nothing . Yet in many ways progress , chiefly mechanical , has affected Syria and Arabia more ...
For many centuries Time was so obstinately stationary in those lost areas of the East that , in comparison , a mere quarter- century is nothing . Yet in many ways progress , chiefly mechanical , has affected Syria and Arabia more ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 266 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1936 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2021 |
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