The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 - English literature |
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... position required by the springs that are mentioned as a landmark in the description of Hector's flight round the walls . The tomb of Ilos near the Scamander ford must have long since been washed away , but some broken columns may ...
... position required by the springs that are mentioned as a landmark in the description of Hector's flight round the walls . The tomb of Ilos near the Scamander ford must have long since been washed away , but some broken columns may ...
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... position as the Achæans , in regard to Black Sea traffic , yet they were the principal and the closest allies of the Trojans in the war . But their power too was threatened by the Achæans , who were already in possession of Rhodes , and ...
... position as the Achæans , in regard to Black Sea traffic , yet they were the principal and the closest allies of the Trojans in the war . But their power too was threatened by the Achæans , who were already in possession of Rhodes , and ...
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... position and that of the Normans in South Italy . He might have found another illustra- tion , still nearer , in the conquest of Greece itself by the Franks , Lombards , and Venetians after the Fourth Crusade . In examining Homer's view ...
... position and that of the Normans in South Italy . He might have found another illustra- tion , still nearer , in the conquest of Greece itself by the Franks , Lombards , and Venetians after the Fourth Crusade . In examining Homer's view ...
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... position of one who will advance what to him appears such an absolutely untenable theory . Naturally , amongst the uneducated classes the differ- ences of mentality become even more striking . I re- member that on one occasion the ...
... position of one who will advance what to him appears such an absolutely untenable theory . Naturally , amongst the uneducated classes the differ- ences of mentality become even more striking . I re- member that on one occasion the ...
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... position . On the stone the brief inscrip- tion HIC SITVS EST MAGNVS ( Here lies Great Pompey ) is scored with a half - burnt faggot . This done , Cordus departed ; but Philippus , it would appear , remained . For Plutarch tells us that ...
... position . On the stone the brief inscrip- tion HIC SITVS EST MAGNVS ( Here lies Great Pompey ) is scored with a half - burnt faggot . This done , Cordus departed ; but Philippus , it would appear , remained . For Plutarch tells us that ...
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