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All that remains of the business his family has run for nine generations is an early-19th-century document confirming its legal status, a handful of metal signs, soya beans and bottles of soy sauce, and an unshakable belief that he will reopen his doors.
Soy sauce company symbolises Japan's determination after the tsunami 2011
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There is no dullness anywhere, however, in the dances and the dancing to the Austrian composer's early-19th-century composition.
Where Dancers and Patrons Meet for a Duet Robert Greskovic 2011
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Stephens: Thomas Malthus, early-19th-century British philosopher, who thought the population would outstrip its own ability to feed itself.
Failure by Committee 2011
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A pair of 18th-century, gilt-bronze sphinxes proudly spreading their wings is estimated at €700-€1,000; and a wonderful early-19th-century, modern-looking, glass cup and saucer in yellow, mauve and white, at €600-€800.
The Soul of a French Palace Margaret Studer 2011
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The seller is Richard Cohen, one of the world's largest collectors of early-19th-century porcelain.
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A Grade I-listed, early-19th-century naval victualling depot, with a harbour on the Tamar estuary, the yard's vast granite buildings were designed to cater for fleets of Georgian sailing ships.
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Stendahl (pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle) was a pioneer of realism in early-19th-century French literature with The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma, but it was Balzac and Zola who are better known for showing fictional characters in the context of the real-world milieu that (along with heredity) shaped their personalities and actions.
Dave Astor: The French Connection Between Old Books and Current Events Dave Astor 2011
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Yet, he notes, "while the most recent research clearly reveals that Arnim and Brentano reworked and completed more of the collected poetry than was previously thought, in early-19th-century terms they were performing an honest — indeed unprecedented — job of gathering folk material from a wide variety of sources and making it suitable for publication."
Parsing Mahler's Poetic Songs Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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Stendahl (pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle) was a pioneer of realism in early-19th-century French literature with The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma, but it was Balzac and Zola who are better known for showing fictional characters in the context of the real-world milieu that (along with heredity) shaped their personalities and actions.
Dave Astor: The French Connection Between Old Books and Current Events Dave Astor 2011
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At Sotheby's, two early-19th-century, English enamel watches set with pearls and decorated with flowers that were made for the Chinese market were each estimated at 30,000 francs to 50,000 francs and each soared to 92,500 francs.
Icons on the Watch List Margaret Studer 2011
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