Paris universal exhibition of 1878. Handbook to the British Indian section. Presentation ed |
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... Gold and Silver Plate Metal Work in Brass , Copper , and Tin Damascened Work Page 1 1 4 7 20 36- 36 39 42 55 59 61 63 Enamels 64 - Arms 65 Jewelry 69 Art Furniture and Household Decoration 76 Mynpuri Work Bombay Blackwood Bombay Inlaid ...
... Gold and Silver Plate Metal Work in Brass , Copper , and Tin Damascened Work Page 1 1 4 7 20 36- 36 39 42 55 59 61 63 Enamels 64 - Arms 65 Jewelry 69 Art Furniture and Household Decoration 76 Mynpuri Work Bombay Blackwood Bombay Inlaid ...
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... Gold , and the geographical and other myths of fable and folk - lore are the vague , broken traditions of an immemorial trade , in its prehistoric beginnings , pursued along these shores of old romance . For centuries this commerce was ...
... Gold , and the geographical and other myths of fable and folk - lore are the vague , broken traditions of an immemorial trade , in its prehistoric beginnings , pursued along these shores of old romance . For centuries this commerce was ...
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... gold ; " but although they knew its name they really knew nothing of the country , and it was not until the Persian war that the Greeks became aware of the existence of the enormous peninsula lying east and southward of the Indus . It ...
... gold ; " but although they knew its name they really knew nothing of the country , and it was not until the Persian war that the Greeks became aware of the existence of the enormous peninsula lying east and southward of the Indus . It ...
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... gold there is bdellium and the onyx stone . " Bdellium is the gum resin of the Balsamodendron Mukul and B. pubescens of Stocks , both natives of Scinde ; and , if the Hebrew word bdolach , translated by Bdellium in this passage , really ...
... gold there is bdellium and the onyx stone . " Bdellium is the gum resin of the Balsamodendron Mukul and B. pubescens of Stocks , both natives of Scinde ; and , if the Hebrew word bdolach , translated by Bdellium in this passage , really ...
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... gold , " the precious onyx , " the sap- phire , rubies , coral , pearls , " the topaz of Ethiopia , ” and in xxxix , 13 , " the goodly wings of the peacock , and ostrich feathers . " True coral is undoubtedly here meant by ramoth , the ...
... gold , " the precious onyx , " the sap- phire , rubies , coral , pearls , " the topaz of Ethiopia , ” and in xxxix , 13 , " the goodly wings of the peacock , and ostrich feathers . " True coral is undoubtedly here meant by ramoth , the ...
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Page 36 - And they sat down to eat bread ; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.