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... ANCIENT AND MODERN . In two vols . 16mo , price $ 1.50 . JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL'S WRITINGS . COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS . Revised , with Ad- ditions . In two volumes , 16mo , price $ 1.50 . THE NOONING . In one volume , 16mo . ( Just ready ...
... ANCIENT AND MODERN . In two vols . 16mo , price $ 1.50 . JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL'S WRITINGS . COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS . Revised , with Ad- ditions . In two volumes , 16mo , price $ 1.50 . THE NOONING . In one volume , 16mo . ( Just ready ...
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... ancient or modern times , has ever rivalled this astonishing metropolis in the grandeur of magnitude ; and not many if we except the cities of Greece , none at all in the grandeur of architectural display . Speak- ing even of London ...
... ancient or modern times , has ever rivalled this astonishing metropolis in the grandeur of magnitude ; and not many if we except the cities of Greece , none at all in the grandeur of architectural display . Speak- ing even of London ...
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... ancient world , but so perfectly did she lay the garden of the world in every climate , and for every mode of natural wealth , within her own ring- fence , that since that era no land , no part and parcel of the Roman empire , has ever ...
... ancient world , but so perfectly did she lay the garden of the world in every climate , and for every mode of natural wealth , within her own ring- fence , that since that era no land , no part and parcel of the Roman empire , has ever ...
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... ancient days ; 5 the total penalty is paid down at once . As respected the hand of man , Rome slept for ages in absolute security . She could suffer only by the wrath of Providence ; and , so long as she continued to be Rome , for many ...
... ancient days ; 5 the total penalty is paid down at once . As respected the hand of man , Rome slept for ages in absolute security . She could suffer only by the wrath of Providence ; and , so long as she continued to be Rome , for many ...
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... ancient his- tory ought to be recomposed with the critical scepticism of a Niebuhr , and the same comprehensive collation of authorities . In reality it is the hinge upon which turned the future destiny of the whole earth , and having ...
... ancient his- tory ought to be recomposed with the critical scepticism of a Niebuhr , and the same comprehensive collation of authorities . In reality it is the hinge upon which turned the future destiny of the whole earth , and having ...
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De Quincey's Writings: Essays on Philosophical Writers and Other Men ..., Bind 1 Thomas De Quincey Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2006 |
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