The Quarterly Review, Volume 119John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... nearly shipwrecked . The difference of its level throughout the year is only three feet although it receives the waters of five rivers on its western side . The principal affluent is believed to be at its northern extremity . Never ...
... nearly shipwrecked . The difference of its level throughout the year is only three feet although it receives the waters of five rivers on its western side . The principal affluent is believed to be at its northern extremity . Never ...
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... nearly equal to the best Swedish iron , and the metal was found to be of so high a quality that an Enfield rifle was made from it . In the villages round the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa , and in other places , pottery is also manufactured ...
... nearly equal to the best Swedish iron , and the metal was found to be of so high a quality that an Enfield rifle was made from it . In the villages round the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa , and in other places , pottery is also manufactured ...
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... nearly waterless in the dry The Zungwe was traced up to the foot of the Batoka highlands , which the travellers ascended to the height of 3000 feet , obtaining a magnificent panoramic view of the great valley of the Zambesi , of which ...
... nearly waterless in the dry The Zungwe was traced up to the foot of the Batoka highlands , which the travellers ascended to the height of 3000 feet , obtaining a magnificent panoramic view of the great valley of the Zambesi , of which ...
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... nearly north and south , and the cleft across it is nearly east and west . The depth of the rift was measured by lowering a line , to the end of which a few bullets and a foot of white cotton cloth were tied ; one of us lay with his ...
... nearly north and south , and the cleft across it is nearly east and west . The depth of the rift was measured by lowering a line , to the end of which a few bullets and a foot of white cotton cloth were tied ; one of us lay with his ...
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... nearly the whole district now drained by the Zambesi and its tributaries was once a vast fresh- water lake , of which many traces exist over a tract extending from 17 to 21 ° south latitude . Nearly the whole of this vast area is ...
... nearly the whole district now drained by the Zambesi and its tributaries was once a vast fresh- water lake , of which many traces exist over a tract extending from 17 to 21 ° south latitude . Nearly the whole of this vast area is ...
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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.