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... first part , which treats of the Penin- sula , but it can only be casual ; as , with the exception of a few concluding stanzas , the whole of this poem was written in the Levant . The stanza of Spenser , according to one of our X PREFACE .
... first part , which treats of the Penin- sula , but it can only be casual ; as , with the exception of a few concluding stanzas , the whole of this poem was written in the Levant . The stanza of Spenser , according to one of our X PREFACE .
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... whole ? A school - boy's tale , the wonder of an hour ! The warrior's weapon and the sophist's stole Are sought in vain , and o'er each mouldering tower , Dim with the mist of years , gray flits the shade of power . III . Son of the ...
... whole ? A school - boy's tale , the wonder of an hour ! The warrior's weapon and the sophist's stole Are sought in vain , and o'er each mouldering tower , Dim with the mist of years , gray flits the shade of power . III . Son of the ...
Page 89
... whole : Beneath , the distant torrent's rushing sound Tells where the volumed cataract doth roll Between those hanging rocks , that shock yet please the soul . XLIX . Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill , Which , were it not ...
... whole : Beneath , the distant torrent's rushing sound Tells where the volumed cataract doth roll Between those hanging rocks , that shock yet please the soul . XLIX . Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill , Which , were it not ...
Page 130
... whole range of the basso - relievos , in one compartment of the temple , will never permit that name to be pronounced by an observer without execration . On this occasion I speak impartially : I am not a collector or admirer of ...
... whole range of the basso - relievos , in one compartment of the temple , will never permit that name to be pronounced by an observer without execration . On this occasion I speak impartially : I am not a collector or admirer of ...
Page 163
... whole Attic race are bar- barous to a proverb : « Ω Αθηνα προλη χώρα Τι γαιδαρος τρέφεις τωρα . " • In Gibbon , vol . x . p . 161. is the following sentence : - " The vulgar dialect of the city was gross and barbarous , though the ...
... whole Attic race are bar- barous to a proverb : « Ω Αθηνα προλη χώρα Τι γαιδαρος τρέφεις τωρα . " • In Gibbon , vol . x . p . 161. is the following sentence : - " The vulgar dialect of the city was gross and barbarous , though the ...
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