The Quarterly Review, Zväzok 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 |
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Strana 23
... river , where it passes under the woody side of Latrigg , is of the finest and most rememberable kind . Ambiguo lapsu refluitque fluitque , Occurrensque sibi venturas aspicit undas . ' There is no English stream to which this truly ...
... river , where it passes under the woody side of Latrigg , is of the finest and most rememberable kind . Ambiguo lapsu refluitque fluitque , Occurrensque sibi venturas aspicit undas . ' There is no English stream to which this truly ...
Strana 31
... rivers extensive cultivation commences at ten miles above their embou- chures . The steam - boat made her way up to the capital , but frequently grounded on her return , on account of the low state of the river . At Prome , which is ...
... rivers extensive cultivation commences at ten miles above their embou- chures . The steam - boat made her way up to the capital , but frequently grounded on her return , on account of the low state of the river . At Prome , which is ...
Strana 32
... river , from whence it is sent by water - carriage to every part of the empire . Mr. Crawfurd endeavours to form an estimate of the popula- tion of the country , from the quantity of this oil consumed in burning ; but we think his data ...
... river , from whence it is sent by water - carriage to every part of the empire . Mr. Crawfurd endeavours to form an estimate of the popula- tion of the country , from the quantity of this oil consumed in burning ; but we think his data ...
Strana 33
... rivers and lakes of Africa , ( query - in Sumatra ? ) and the mastodon being utterly extinct . There is , however , ' says Mr. Buckland , no greater anomaly in supposing that all these animals inhabited the Burmese country at the period ...
... rivers and lakes of Africa , ( query - in Sumatra ? ) and the mastodon being utterly extinct . There is , however , ' says Mr. Buckland , no greater anomaly in supposing that all these animals inhabited the Burmese country at the period ...
Strana 34
... river , and that such a spectacle would not become the king's dignity . ' Again , the Burmese negociators would not enter the house of the ambassador to carry on the conferences , because no chief person must enter the house of an ...
... river , and that such a spectacle would not become the king's dignity . ' Again , the Burmese negociators would not enter the house of the ambassador to carry on the conferences , because no chief person must enter the house of an ...
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Strana 26 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
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Strana 138 - Proximi Gallis et similes sunt, seu durante originis vi, seu procurrentibus in diversa terris positio coeli corporibus habitum dedit.
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