Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... extended the sea of Mar- mora ; the heavens in the east were of a fiery red , which grew paler in proportion as the morning advanced ; the morning star still shone in that empurpled light ; and above it you could barely descry the pale ...
... extended the sea of Mar- mora ; the heavens in the east were of a fiery red , which grew paler in proportion as the morning advanced ; the morning star still shone in that empurpled light ; and above it you could barely descry the pale ...
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... extended westward to the promontory of Aboukir , before which we were obliged to pass before arriving opposite to Alexandria . At five in the evening the shore suddenly changed its aspect . The palm trees seemed planted in lines along ...
... extended westward to the promontory of Aboukir , before which we were obliged to pass before arriving opposite to Alexandria . At five in the evening the shore suddenly changed its aspect . The palm trees seemed planted in lines along ...
Sivu 38
... extended a long wall , with a few houses appearing above it ; not a light was to be seen on shore , and not a sound came from the city . This , nevertheless , was Alexandria , the rival of Nemphis and Thebes , which once contained three ...
... extended a long wall , with a few houses appearing above it ; not a light was to be seen on shore , and not a sound came from the city . This , nevertheless , was Alexandria , the rival of Nemphis and Thebes , which once contained three ...
Sivu 39
... extended experience . It be- comes contemptible only when it arises on the suggestions of interest , or the desires of ambition . Now , Chateaubriand's * Memoirs of Napoleon , iv . 342 . changes of opinion have all been in opposition to ...
... extended experience . It be- comes contemptible only when it arises on the suggestions of interest , or the desires of ambition . Now , Chateaubriand's * Memoirs of Napoleon , iv . 342 . changes of opinion have all been in opposition to ...
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... extended view of history , as embracing an account of the countries the transactions of which were narrated , originally formed , and to a great part executed , by the father of history , Herodotus , appears to have been , in an ...
... extended view of history , as embracing an account of the countries the transactions of which were narrated , originally formed , and to a great part executed , by the father of history , Herodotus , appears to have been , in an ...
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