The Quarterly Review, Volume 119John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... the middle of each wing , the ninth and tenth from the outside . They give a slow wavy motion to to the wings , and evidently retard his flight , Livingstone's Zambesi and its Tributaries . 5 Journals of the Royal Geographical Society.
... the middle of each wing , the ninth and tenth from the outside . They give a slow wavy motion to to the wings , and evidently retard his flight , Livingstone's Zambesi and its Tributaries . 5 Journals of the Royal Geographical Society.
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... give a monopoly of the youth and beauty of the country to those who can afford to purchase them . The wealthy old men , therefore , marry all the pretty girls , and the young men who have no property must either abstain from matrimony ...
... give a monopoly of the youth and beauty of the country to those who can afford to purchase them . The wealthy old men , therefore , marry all the pretty girls , and the young men who have no property must either abstain from matrimony ...
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... up from the forehead in the form of a pyramid . The passion for dying the hair red , however , is confined in Africa to the men , who use use pigments to give it that fashionable colour . The 12 Livingstone's Zambesi and its Tributaries .
... up from the forehead in the form of a pyramid . The passion for dying the hair red , however , is confined in Africa to the men , who use use pigments to give it that fashionable colour . The 12 Livingstone's Zambesi and its Tributaries .
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use pigments to give it that fashionable colour . The most respectable chiefs always at first set their faces against these caprices , but in the end are always obliged to give up the attempt in despair , candidly acknowledging that ...
use pigments to give it that fashionable colour . The most respectable chiefs always at first set their faces against these caprices , but in the end are always obliged to give up the attempt in despair , candidly acknowledging that ...
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... give a more complete description of them . They constitute without question the most wonderful waterfall in the world . The native name is Mosi - oa - tunya , or ' smoke sound- ing . ' Its fame had been far diffused in Africa , for when ...
... give a more complete description of them . They constitute without question the most wonderful waterfall in the world . The native name is Mosi - oa - tunya , or ' smoke sound- ing . ' Its fame had been far diffused in Africa , for when ...
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Albert Nyanza ancient appears Arab Arabia Bahr el Ghazal barons beauty believe Book of Armagh called caricature character chief Church coal common court criticism Crown dialogues doubt Earl Edward Foss England English Enoch evidence expression fact favour feeling Foss French Gascony Gorgias Grote Henry honour influence Judges King knowledge labour Lady language less literary living Livingstone London Lord Madame de Staël Max Müller means ment mind Miss Berry Montfort nature Nejd never Nyassa object once opinion Palgrave Paris Parliament Parmenides passage passed persons Philebus philosophy Plato pleasure poems poet poetry political portrait present probably Protagoras Provisions of Oxford question reign remarkable Reynolds river Rome Royal Sainte-Beuve Sanskrit says seems Simon de Montfort Socrates spirit theory thought tion true truth Victor Hugo Wahabee whole words writings Zambesi
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Page 507 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Page 208 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 509 - As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire: so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 508 - If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother : but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him. and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
Page 501 - To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.
Page 90 - ... a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world, and thus to establish a current of fresh and true ideas.
Page 301 - West has conquered — he has treated his subject as it ought to be treated — I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art.
Page 512 - And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
Page 50 - Tho' faintly, merrily — far and far away — He heard the pealing of his parish bells; Then, tho' he knew not wherefore, started up Shuddering, and when the beauteous hateful isle Return'd upon him, had not his poor heart Spoken with That, which being everywhere Lets none, who speaks with Him, seem all alone, Surely the man had died of solitude.