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I would still sleep willingly on the banks of the Eurotas and the Jordan, if the
shades of the three hundred Spartans, or of the twelve sons of Jacob, were to
visit my dreams; but I would no longer set out to visit lands which have never
been ...
I would still sleep willingly on the banks of the Eurotas and the Jordan, if the
shades of the three hundred Spartans, or of the twelve sons of Jacob, were to
visit my dreams; but I would no longer set out to visit lands which have never
been ...
Sivu 83
He must combine in his mind the powers of the microscope and the telescope; be
ready, like the steam-engine, at one time to twist a fibre, at another, to propel a
hundred-gun ship. With all his generalising powers, however, Robertson fell into
...
He must combine in his mind the powers of the microscope and the telescope; be
ready, like the steam-engine, at one time to twist a fibre, at another, to propel a
hundred-gun ship. With all his generalising powers, however, Robertson fell into
...
Sivu 104
We have exhausted, perhaps exceeded, our limits; and we have only extracted a
few of the most striking ideas from the first hundred pages of one of Guizot's
works: e. wno disce omnes. The translation of them has been an agreeable ...
We have exhausted, perhaps exceeded, our limits; and we have only extracted a
few of the most striking ideas from the first hundred pages of one of Guizot's
works: e. wno disce omnes. The translation of them has been an agreeable ...
Sivu 107
Romance numbers its readers by hundreds, poetry by fifties, where history can
with difficulty master one. ... and which, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, *
Ranke's History of the Popes is a most valuable addition to historical knowledge;
...
Romance numbers its readers by hundreds, poetry by fifties, where history can
with difficulty master one. ... and which, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, *
Ranke's History of the Popes is a most valuable addition to historical knowledge;
...
Sivu 149
... that could be named, speak so powerfully, and even if I spoke with the tongue
of an angel—as if I mention one word—Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington,
the hero of a hundred fields, in all of which his banner was raised in triumph!
... that could be named, speak so powerfully, and even if I spoke with the tongue
of an angel—as if I mention one word—Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington,
the hero of a hundred fields, in all of which his banner was raised in triumph!
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| Otsikko | Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3 Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Archibald Alison |
| Kirjoittaja | Archibald Alison |
| Kustantaja | W. Blackwood, 1850 |
| Alkuperäisteoksen sijainti | Kalifornian yliopisto |
| Digitoitu | 18. lokakuu 2007 |
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