Essays Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3William Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 35
... continued constantly the same , that is , a powdery white - without shade , a tree , or even moss . At half - past four , we descended from the lofty chain we had hitherto traversed , and wound along another of inferior elevation . At ...
... continued constantly the same , that is , a powdery white - without shade , a tree , or even moss . At half - past four , we descended from the lofty chain we had hitherto traversed , and wound along another of inferior elevation . At ...
Sivu 47
... continued through successive generations . It had survived for centuries , and declined at length less from want of ardour in the cause than from failure of the physical and material resources to maintain at so vast a distance so ...
... continued through successive generations . It had survived for centuries , and declined at length less from want of ardour in the cause than from failure of the physical and material resources to maintain at so vast a distance so ...
Sivu 50
... continued unity of interest , owing to a sustained elevation of purpose - a forgetfulness of self in the great cause of rescuing the Holy Sepulchre , which throws an air of sanctity around its beauties , and renders it the worthy epic ...
... continued unity of interest , owing to a sustained elevation of purpose - a forgetfulness of self in the great cause of rescuing the Holy Sepulchre , which throws an air of sanctity around its beauties , and renders it the worthy epic ...
Sivu 79
... continued greatness and ultimate decline of that celebrated people were owing . It is to be regretted only that he did not come to modern times and other ages with the same masterly survey ; the information collected in the Esprit des ...
... continued greatness and ultimate decline of that celebrated people were owing . It is to be regretted only that he did not come to modern times and other ages with the same masterly survey ; the information collected in the Esprit des ...
Sivu 123
Archibald Alison. Let any man try , in a narrative of long - continued historical events , to excite a deep interest in a space which can be read in three hours , and the powers of Tacitus or Gibbon would at once fail in the attempt . It ...
Archibald Alison. Let any man try , in a narrative of long - continued historical events , to excite a deep interest in a space which can be read in three hours , and the powers of Tacitus or Gibbon would at once fail in the attempt . It ...
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