The Quarterly Review, Volume 41William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1829 - English literature |
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... employed in contending for the fees . Meanwhile , the pontiff , from his seat on the seven hills , looks on like the anarch old , ' enjoying the strife , and forgetful that how- ever such convulsions might confirm for a while his own ...
... employed in contending for the fees . Meanwhile , the pontiff , from his seat on the seven hills , looks on like the anarch old , ' enjoying the strife , and forgetful that how- ever such convulsions might confirm for a while his own ...
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... employed ; whereas they may be now thrust into places of some importance , as public function- aries , to the great detriment of the interest of wiser heads , over whom they are set ; and it might be added , too , as a second ad ...
... employed ; whereas they may be now thrust into places of some importance , as public function- aries , to the great detriment of the interest of wiser heads , over whom they are set ; and it might be added , too , as a second ad ...
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... employ elephants in his armies , which before that time he had not done . ' The pyramidal temples , the tombs , with their gilding and jingling bells , the jugglers and sorcerers which then accompanied their armies , and , as we know ...
... employ elephants in his armies , which before that time he had not done . ' The pyramidal temples , the tombs , with their gilding and jingling bells , the jugglers and sorcerers which then accompanied their armies , and , as we know ...
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... employed in this trade , ( which is but a mere guess , ) and the number of voyages they are supposed to make in the course of a year , ( which is equally conjectural , ) he estimates the exportation from the wells to amount to ...
... employed in this trade , ( which is but a mere guess , ) and the number of voyages they are supposed to make in the course of a year , ( which is equally conjectural , ) he estimates the exportation from the wells to amount to ...
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... employ a certain number of Brahmins of Bengal at the court , who have the exclusive direction of the kalendar . Like the rest of the eastern nations , they have a week of seven days . They observe the new and full moons as religious ...
... employ a certain number of Brahmins of Bengal at the court , who have the exclusive direction of the kalendar . Like the rest of the eastern nations , they have a week of seven days . They observe the new and full moons as religious ...
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