Essays in History and ArtW. Blackwood and sons, 1862 - 526 páginas |
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... tribes of men to be found " with whom revenge is virtue . ” In truth there is a perfect analogy , I may say identity , between the theories of Beauty and of Virtue ; and there have been quite as many opponents of the reality of an ...
... tribes of men to be found " with whom revenge is virtue . ” In truth there is a perfect analogy , I may say identity , between the theories of Beauty and of Virtue ; and there have been quite as many opponents of the reality of an ...
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... tribe , covered with nothing but blankets , and living in bark tents , scarcely a degree advanced above the beasts of the field . They have now gone farther west , towards the setting sun , which symbolises their destiny . No ...
... tribe , covered with nothing but blankets , and living in bark tents , scarcely a degree advanced above the beasts of the field . They have now gone farther west , towards the setting sun , which symbolises their destiny . No ...
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... tribes who ravaged Gaul scarcely precede the Christian era by a few centuries . Was Gaul , then , a desert , a solitude , before this period ? Was its sun less genial , or its soil less fertile ? Were not its hills as pleasant , and its ...
... tribes who ravaged Gaul scarcely precede the Christian era by a few centuries . Was Gaul , then , a desert , a solitude , before this period ? Was its sun less genial , or its soil less fertile ? Were not its hills as pleasant , and its ...
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... tribes of Lower Brittany . Some of the subse- quent waves of Celtic or Scythic migration come within the ken of history ; and it is remarkable that the line of march which these followed , after passing the shores of the Black Sea ...
... tribes of Lower Brittany . Some of the subse- quent waves of Celtic or Scythic migration come within the ken of history ; and it is remarkable that the line of march which these followed , after passing the shores of the Black Sea ...
Página 123
... tribe . which had preceded the main body ; for when , in this invasion , the Cimbri reached Northern Gaul , the Belgæ immediately joined them as allies against the Celts , and it seems also proved ... tribes made ETHNOLOGY OF EUROPE . 123.
... tribe . which had preceded the main body ; for when , in this invasion , the Cimbri reached Northern Gaul , the Belgæ immediately joined them as allies against the Celts , and it seems also proved ... tribes made ETHNOLOGY OF EUROPE . 123.
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Página 195 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature and the encouragement of the learned Natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British Territories in India...
Página 362 - Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft Have felt that moment in its fullest power Sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower. Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer.