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... shape of men , covering themselves with mud , feeding on roots , and living in wretched huts or in woods under the shelter of trees . The word " savage " means one who lives in the woods . In telling you how the earliest men lived I ...
... shape of men , covering themselves with mud , feeding on roots , and living in wretched huts or in woods under the shelter of trees . The word " savage " means one who lives in the woods . In telling you how the earliest men lived I ...
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... shape his tools and weapons better , until really well - formed spear - heads , daggers , hatchets , hammers , and other implements were made , and at a far later date he had learnt the art of polishing them . Remember that first in ...
... shape his tools and weapons better , until really well - formed spear - heads , daggers , hatchets , hammers , and other implements were made , and at a far later date he had learnt the art of polishing them . Remember that first in ...
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... shape it into rough pots , which were dried either in the sun or before the fire , and hence arose the beautiful art of making earthenware . VI . Dwellings . Besides living in caves , holes were dug in the ground , a wall being made of ...
... shape it into rough pots , which were dried either in the sun or before the fire , and hence arose the beautiful art of making earthenware . VI . Dwellings . Besides living in caves , holes were dug in the ground , a wall being made of ...
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... shapes . Where it was scarce , and tin could be had , fire was made use of to melt and mix the two together , forming ... shape wanted . would be made . The age when the metals I have named were used is called the " Age of Bronze . " A ...
... shapes . Where it was scarce , and tin could be had , fire was made use of to melt and mix the two together , forming ... shape wanted . would be made . The age when the metals I have named were used is called the " Age of Bronze . " A ...
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... shape of the letters of the alphabet is thought by some to bear traces of the early picture - writing . To show you what is meant , Aleph , the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet , means an ox , and the sign for that letter was an ...
... shape of the letters of the alphabet is thought by some to bear traces of the early picture - writing . To show you what is meant , Aleph , the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet , means an ox , and the sign for that letter was an ...
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Page 4 - Quatorze;" any previous literature being for the most part unknown or ignored. Fe-w know anything of the enormous literary activity that began in the thirteenth century, was carried on by Rulebeuf, Marie de France, Gaston de Foix, Thibault de Champagne, and Lorris ; was fostered by Charles of Orleans, by Margaret of Valois, by Francis the First ; that gave a crowd of versifiers to France, enriched, strengthened, developed, and fixed the French language, and prepared the way for Corneille and for...