The Quarterly Review, Volume 105William 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, 1859 - English literature |
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Page 384
... period narrated by contemporary witnesses , their testimony is sifted , compared , and frequently questioned ; but the higher we ascend the less rigid is the canon of our belief , and when nothing is known everything is believed . Even ...
... period narrated by contemporary witnesses , their testimony is sifted , compared , and frequently questioned ; but the higher we ascend the less rigid is the canon of our belief , and when nothing is known everything is believed . Even ...
Page 397
... period of 3555 years came from Manetho's own hand , M. Bunsen next proceeds to reduce the lists in Afri- canus and Eusebius to this lower number . This is a long and intricate process , in which the kings and dynasties and numbers ...
... period of 3555 years came from Manetho's own hand , M. Bunsen next proceeds to reduce the lists in Afri- canus and Eusebius to this lower number . This is a long and intricate process , in which the kings and dynasties and numbers ...
Page 408
... period such a continuous series is wanting . M. Bunsen contends that we possess authentic contemporary monuments ' in nearly unin- terrupted succession to the beginning of the iiird dynasty ; but such a claim can only be partially ...
... period such a continuous series is wanting . M. Bunsen contends that we possess authentic contemporary monuments ' in nearly unin- terrupted succession to the beginning of the iiird dynasty ; but such a claim can only be partially ...
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The Works of William Shakespeare The Text revised | 45 |
Report from the Select Committee on Consular Service | 74 |
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