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...Coopwood camels, they were turned loose in Arizona where they thrived, propagated. In 1870 a Nevada saltminer rounded up 25 to pack his wares in the Carson River district. In 1895 two carloads were shipped to Chicago for exhibition. A few were still visible in 1905, may still be extant...
When the doors of Burlington House open there will be on view 100 carpets, more than 1,000 textiles, 1,500 paintings & drawings, hundreds of the finest extant Persian book covers, more than 1,000 pieces of faïence, a priceless collection of illuminated manuscripts, bronzes from Achaemenian and Sassanian times, sculpture, architectural and ornamental detail, friezes, ceramics, enamel, glassware, brocades, velvets, tapestries, gold and silver work, a unique collection of Saljuk silverware, gold and silver inlay, lacquer work. Notable will be a group of remarkably preserved bronze Achaemenian objects of great sculptural beauty and vigor recently unearthed...
...experimentalist Paris quarterly), June 1929. Said the Proclamation: "We hereby declare that: (1) The revolution in the English language is an accomplished fact. . . . (12) The plain reader be damned." Hart Crane is noted among left-wing litterateurs for his "mighty line," is credited with writing the mightiest line now extant. In this book, a series of poems on the U. S., mighty lines abound. Examples...
Another program of like nature may also be used, taking for subject an outstanding national figure not represented by any considerable body of extant writings--such as Socrates, Richelieu, or Bismarck. A group like the Scipionic circle in Rome or the Medici family might be chosen. Range of acquaintance with literature and understanding of its geographic and social background would be promoted...
...order that the claims of these specimens to special classification might be shown to be in error, an exhaustive study had to be made of virtually all the available material about gorillas extant throughout the world. It is such a study which Mr. Coolidge has just completed, and it is upon such a study that his findings rest...