The Quarterly Review, 41. köideJohn Murray, 1829 |
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Page 16
... ancient authors of Athens and Rome continue to be the study of our youth , which have been found , upon that best of all tests , the test of experience , to be the most effectual means of correcting the taste and expanding the views ...
... ancient authors of Athens and Rome continue to be the study of our youth , which have been found , upon that best of all tests , the test of experience , to be the most effectual means of correcting the taste and expanding the views ...
Page 21
... ancient days , when few persons emi 3 from the village which bred them , than in the habits of our own times , when there is not , perhaps , one man in a thousand ( except among the higher families ) who , if he lives to manhood , is ...
... ancient days , when few persons emi 3 from the village which bred them , than in the habits of our own times , when there is not , perhaps , one man in a thousand ( except among the higher families ) who , if he lives to manhood , is ...
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... ancient capital of Ava ; the expense and inconvenience to the inhabitants are never once thought of . Curiosity , accompanied by some degree of uneasiness as to its object , was excited on the arrival of the embassy in the Burmese ...
... ancient capital of Ava ; the expense and inconvenience to the inhabitants are never once thought of . Curiosity , accompanied by some degree of uneasiness as to its object , was excited on the arrival of the embassy in the Burmese ...
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... ancient kingdom should appear respectable in the eyes of his ma- jesty's new subjects . Having suggested that the strangers and others who attend his majesty to the northern capital will nar- rowly remarke upoun and espy the carriage ...
... ancient kingdom should appear respectable in the eyes of his ma- jesty's new subjects . Having suggested that the strangers and others who attend his majesty to the northern capital will nar- rowly remarke upoun and espy the carriage ...
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... ancient bachelors in divinity , and other dignitaries , in their caps , gowns , and hoods , rode forth on their footcloths to a place called Aristotle's Well , about a mile from the city . But the neighbourhood of the well * Progresses ...
... ancient bachelors in divinity , and other dignitaries , in their caps , gowns , and hoods , rode forth on their footcloths to a place called Aristotle's Well , about a mile from the city . But the neighbourhood of the well * Progresses ...
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