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n.1.See Price, and 1st Prize.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Sadly, the finial was lost after 1869, but there are detailed illustrations of it by Emile Prisse d'Avennes (Fig.
Nicolas Prisse, president of the interdepartmental mission for the fight against drugs and addictive behaviours (MILDECA) in France, pointed out that addiction is a global issue with major challenges to address pointing to the main French policy directions put in place for eradicating this scourge.
For example, the Wisdom of Ptahhotep--which has on occasion been styled as the oldest book in the world and has been transmitted principally in one of the most beautifully preserved ancient Egyptian papyri, the Papyrus Prisse kept at the Bibliotheque nationale in Paris--dates itself, so to speak, to the end of Dynasty 5 of the Old Kingdom, that is, to around roughly 2400 b.c.e., as Ptahhotep is said to have lived under Pharaoh Isesi.
Au lendemain de l'independance du Maroc, feu SM Mohammed V ordonna leur retour et la reintegration de Mr Prisse d'Avennes dans ses fonctions de professeur au lycee [beaucoup moins que]les Orangers[beaucoup plus grand que] de Rabat.
(35.) Bidet P, Collin E, Basmaci R, Courroux C, Prisse V, Dufour V, et al.
Showing at the Sharjah Art Gallery, the Prisse D'Avennes exhibit, titled "Arab Art in Cairo through the Historic Architectural Monuments," is a series of lithographs printed in the 1860s and 70s; a compendium of Islamic design and decorative arts documenting a specific "way of life" distinct to this part of the world, colored in vivid mustard yellows, royal blues, scarlets and forest greens.