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The Civil Service List of Canada ...
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1068

The Civil Service List of Canada ...

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1896
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Civil Service List of Canada ...
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1088

The Civil Service List of Canada ...

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1897
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Ancient Roman Literary Gardens
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 313

Ancient Roman Literary Gardens

"Beginning with Cicero and Varro and ending with Statius and Pliny the Younger, this chapter offers a chronological investigation of the ways in which real and literary gardens developed from the first century BCE to the first century CE as a means of elite masculine self-representation and the reactions of elite Roman men to the increased social and cultural power of villa and horti estates and their grounds. Gardens served as powerful symbols of wealth and as creative displays of the cultural aspirations of their owners in ways that challenged traditional definitions of gardens and of Roman manliness. Since these large-scale 'gardens' are primarily associated with leisure (otium), authors are concerned with describing and justifying their activities in these sites as befitting Roman masculine ideals. We can trace a change in attitude towards leisure and the private display of wealth, and consequently gardens, largely attributed to changes in the socio-political circumstances of the Roman elite, in the works of Statius and his contemporary Pliny the Younger, who use laudatory descriptions of extensive villas and grounds as a means of expressing social and literary power"--

University of Michigan Official Publication
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 28

University of Michigan Official Publication

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Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Naval Reserve
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 782

Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Naval Reserve

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1981
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 914

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1969-05
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Register of Retired Commissioned and Warrant Officers, Regular and Reserve, of the United States Navy and Marine Corps
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1374
Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1846

Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1971
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Journal-bulletin Rhode Island Almanac
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348

Journal-bulletin Rhode Island Almanac

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1973
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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U. S. Army Register
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1284

U. S. Army Register

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1969
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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