The Quarterly Review, Volume 16John Murray, 1816 - English literature |
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... whose virginity was secured by means more powerful than moral restraint , were valued at 500 piastres : but such is the state of degra- degradation to which the human species is reduced in this 6 Ост . Legh's Journey in Egypt and Nubia .
... whose virginity was secured by means more powerful than moral restraint , were valued at 500 piastres : but such is the state of degra- degradation to which the human species is reduced in this 6 Ост . Legh's Journey in Egypt and Nubia .
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... means enabled them to afford . The temple of Sibhoi was minutely examined , and no doubt remained of its having been a celebrated sanctuary of pure Egyptian architecture . Mr. Legh thinks it probably of an earlier date than those in ...
... means enabled them to afford . The temple of Sibhoi was minutely examined , and no doubt remained of its having been a celebrated sanctuary of pure Egyptian architecture . Mr. Legh thinks it probably of an earlier date than those in ...
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... means would afford . It is true they viewed us with curiosity , and seemed astonished at our venturing among them ; and at Kalaptshi they asked our guide " How dare these people come here ? Do they not know that we have 500 muskets in ...
... means would afford . It is true they viewed us with curiosity , and seemed astonished at our venturing among them ; and at Kalaptshi they asked our guide " How dare these people come here ? Do they not know that we have 500 muskets in ...
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... means of compulsion , as we were unarmed . This we boldly asserted , as the brace of pistols I had with me was never produced . Besides , we recalled to his memory that on our way thither one of the guides who had died , had replenished ...
... means of compulsion , as we were unarmed . This we boldly asserted , as the brace of pistols I had with me was never produced . Besides , we recalled to his memory that on our way thither one of the guides who had died , had replenished ...
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... means a superfluous in- stitution . We are far , however , from intending , by the wish just expressed , to undervalue the results of Mr. Burnett's liberality , as he has been pleased ( in the plenitude of his power over his own ...
... means a superfluous in- stitution . We are far , however , from intending , by the wish just expressed , to undervalue the results of Mr. Burnett's liberality , as he has been pleased ( in the plenitude of his power over his own ...
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Page 194 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Page 86 - Almost to jelly with the act of fear, Stand dumb and speak not to him. This to me In dreadful secrecy impart they did, And I with them the third night kept the watch ; Where, as they had deliver'd, both in time, Form of the thing, each word made true and good, The apparition comes.
Page 252 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 197 - Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal Nature ! for who teems like thee, Thus on the banks of thy majestic Rhine? There Harold gazes on a work divine, A blending of all beauties; streams and dells, Fruit, foliage, crag, wood, cornfield, mountain, vine, And chiefless castles breathing stern farewells From gray but leafy walls, where Ruin greenly dwells.
Page 200 - My daughter! with thy name thus much shall end — I see thee not, — I hear thee not, — but none Can be so wrapt in thee ; thou art the friend To whom the shadows of far years extend : Albeit my brow thou never shouldst behold, My voice shall with thy future visions blend, And reach into thy heart, — when mine is cold, — A token and a tone, even from thy father's mould.
Page 195 - Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 195 - Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark! - that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm!
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