Origen and the so-called Alexandrian family is largely imaginary. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
The Alexandrian was the most valued, as approaching the nearest to ultramarine. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
It is true the Alexandrian was the severest of them all, but he was harsh only to himself. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
In fact the so-called Alexandrian manuscripts (like Vaticanus in large) are famous for having learned or. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Alexandrian mysteries offered to satisfy that demand. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
He also took part in the Alexandrian and Spanish wars. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Alexandrian Greeks -- rose but slowly from a low stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Western than by the Alexandrian and other Eastern Fathers. From Wordnik.com. [The Basis of Early Christian Theism] Reference
Erasistratus, the slightly younger Alexandrian contemporary of. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Even the most valuable Vatican and Alexandrian manuscripts of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
It certainly was far less Hellenized than the Alexandrian cult of. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
So we find that the reference in the Alexandrian and other Eastern. From Wordnik.com. [The Basis of Early Christian Theism] Reference
Pompeii in Alexandrian or perhaps Syrian taste artisans or artists?. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
The Alexandrian Library continued in all its splendor until the first. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Alexandrian library of 700,000 volumes, by the Saracens under Omar, A. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
If you'd asked a black Alexandrian, he might have given you a different answer. From Wordnik.com. [The slave trade and Alexandria's withdrawal from D.C.] Reference
Serapeum, and faithfully observed in the Roman temples of the Alexandrian gods. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Alexandrian influence is little seen, and his mythological allusions are seldom obscure. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
Catullus 'metre, on the other hand, was closely modelled on that of the Alexandrian poets. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
If you'd asked a white Alexandrian back then, he probably would have said, "Of course not.". From Wordnik.com. [The slave trade and Alexandria's withdrawal from D.C.] Reference
And remember, too, there is no royal road to learning, as the Alexandrian philosopher said. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
The Alexandrian scholars interpreted a number of passages in Pindar as hostile allusions to. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Between the founding of the Alexandrian school and Galen we are not rich in medical writings. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
The anatomical advances made by the Alexandrian school naturally reacted on surgical efficiency. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
The measures adopted by this monarch for augmenting the Alexandrian Library were pursued by his successor. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The books on modern French history would already fill an Alexandrian library, and every month produces new ones. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Yet it hath been said they stand about trembling lest they starve because of the delay of an Alexandrian corn ship. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
Between the foundation of the Alexandrian school and the time of Galen, medicine was divided among a great number of sects. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
As a formal discipline and part of medical education we find no trace of these studies among the pre-Alexandrian physicians. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Blanchini, (Vindiciæ, p. 256) and Kennicott (diss. 2, p. 416) take notice: the old Alexandrian MS. kept in the British Museum at. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The second ship he rightly calls a ship of Cyrene, for the Alexandrian vessel, in a favorable voyage, may have touched at that port. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
Alexandrian and Hellenistic age the Greek intellect is no less active than before, but there is a change in the taste of the material. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Anatomy has greatly improved, and with it surgical procedure, and the work is probably representative of the best Alexandrian practice. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
One would think that the civilized world had had lessons enough, ever since that seventh century burning of the Alexandrian library by the. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
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