The Quarterly Review, 226. köideJohn Murray, 1916 |
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Page 5
... continued the old tradition of the tomb of a hero . ' Characteristic flora of the plain to - day are not unnoticed in Homer . When Hephaistos sends fire to stay the onrush of the river god , elms and willows and tamarisks are consumed ...
... continued the old tradition of the tomb of a hero . ' Characteristic flora of the plain to - day are not unnoticed in Homer . When Hephaistos sends fire to stay the onrush of the river god , elms and willows and tamarisks are consumed ...
Page 59
... continued to rest in the hostile soil where the humble grave , with bronze figures of the dead placed around it by his kinsfolk , was one of the sights of Egypt , until it was buried under the drifting sand . This was its condition when ...
... continued to rest in the hostile soil where the humble grave , with bronze figures of the dead placed around it by his kinsfolk , was one of the sights of Egypt , until it was buried under the drifting sand . This was its condition when ...
Page 82
... continued . ' The barrels of these guns consist of several parts . First there is the rifling , which is fitted in an inner tube . Over this comes a wire covering , consisting of steel sheet ribbon wound round the inner tube at a very ...
... continued . ' The barrels of these guns consist of several parts . First there is the rifling , which is fitted in an inner tube . Over this comes a wire covering , consisting of steel sheet ribbon wound round the inner tube at a very ...
Page 98
... continued slowly : ' The box contained the old bones of the previous day's meals , and it was addressed to " Herr Edward Grey , London . " If universal hilarity and applause is any criterion , the joke was hugely appreciated by the ...
... continued slowly : ' The box contained the old bones of the previous day's meals , and it was addressed to " Herr Edward Grey , London . " If universal hilarity and applause is any criterion , the joke was hugely appreciated by the ...
Page 121
... continued to sympathise with the cooler fervour of middle and old age throughout the rest of his life . Whenever he is a poet , he is neither revolu- tionary nor reactionary , but something much deeper than either . No doubt his ...
... continued to sympathise with the cooler fervour of middle and old age throughout the rest of his life . Whenever he is a poet , he is neither revolu- tionary nor reactionary , but something much deeper than either . No doubt his ...
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