The Quarterly Review, Volume 5William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1811 - English literature |
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... give , in this place , one instance of our remark . According to Newton , Troy was taken in the year before our æra 904 ; and Hesiod and Homer flourished 30 or 35 years afterwards . But Herodotus gives it as his opi- nion that those ...
... give , in this place , one instance of our remark . According to Newton , Troy was taken in the year before our æra 904 ; and Hesiod and Homer flourished 30 or 35 years afterwards . But Herodotus gives it as his opi- nion that those ...
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... donner suite à cet ouvrage . - Tom . ii . pp . 141 , 142 . Although we have not sufficiently informed ourselves to give a decisive opinion on the matter of these extracts , we 1811. Clavier - Histoire des premiers Temps de la Grèce . 29.
... donner suite à cet ouvrage . - Tom . ii . pp . 141 , 142 . Although we have not sufficiently informed ourselves to give a decisive opinion on the matter of these extracts , we 1811. Clavier - Histoire des premiers Temps de la Grèce . 29.
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... gives it some claim to be regarded with disfavour by an imperial functionary , it must be remembered that personal gratitude , always an amiable motive , even when the object of it is a villain , must tend to prejudice this author on ...
... gives it some claim to be regarded with disfavour by an imperial functionary , it must be remembered that personal gratitude , always an amiable motive , even when the object of it is a villain , must tend to prejudice this author on ...
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... give freedom , whereas the administration of the Alcmæonids was real tyranny to them ; for in no other acceptation does the expression appear intelligible . ' We must candidly confess that , to us , this comment on the expression ...
... give freedom , whereas the administration of the Alcmæonids was real tyranny to them ; for in no other acceptation does the expression appear intelligible . ' We must candidly confess that , to us , this comment on the expression ...
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... give unaccompanied by a single comment : · On ne voit donc rien dans toute sa conduite , par où il ait pu mériter la réputation de tyran , que cherchèrent à lui donner les Athéniens , dont Hérodote a adopté tous les préjugés à son égard ...
... give unaccompanied by a single comment : · On ne voit donc rien dans toute sa conduite , par où il ait pu mériter la réputation de tyran , que cherchèrent à lui donner les Athéniens , dont Hérodote a adopté tous les préjugés à son égard ...
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