The Quarterly review, Volumen 21Murray, 1819 |
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... Marco Polo , a Venetian , in the Thir- teenth Century ; -being a Description by that early Traveller of remarkable places and things , in the East- ern parts of the World . Translated from the Italian , with Notes , by William Marsden ...
... Marco Polo , a Venetian , in the Thir- teenth Century ; -being a Description by that early Traveller of remarkable places and things , in the East- ern parts of the World . Translated from the Italian , with Notes , by William Marsden ...
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... Marco Polo , a Venetian , in the Thirteenth Century ; being a Description by that early Travel- ler of remarkable places and things , in the Eastern parts of the World . Translated from the Italian , with Notes , by Wil- liam Marsden ...
... Marco Polo , a Venetian , in the Thirteenth Century ; being a Description by that early Travel- ler of remarkable places and things , in the Eastern parts of the World . Translated from the Italian , with Notes , by Wil- liam Marsden ...
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... Marco Polo stands completely rescued from that unmerited reproach which , in an age of ignorance , was wantonly heaped upon it , and which five centuries have not been sufficient entirely to wipe away ; at least , according ... Marco Polo .
... Marco Polo stands completely rescued from that unmerited reproach which , in an age of ignorance , was wantonly heaped upon it , and which five centuries have not been sufficient entirely to wipe away ; at least , according ... Marco Polo .
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... Marco Polo himself were to rise from the dead he could not possibly recognise his own work - in short , it is no longer the travels of Marco Polo , but a collection of dissertations on the geography , natural history , customs , & c ...
... Marco Polo himself were to rise from the dead he could not possibly recognise his own work - in short , it is no longer the travels of Marco Polo , but a collection of dissertations on the geography , natural history , customs , & c ...
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... Marco Polo's travels was wanting to the literature of our own country . ' " 6 The Notes ' however are the most important part of the vo- lume ; and the plan of placing them at the end of each section , from which they are ... Marco Polo .
... Marco Polo's travels was wanting to the literature of our own country . ' " 6 The Notes ' however are the most important part of the vo- lume ; and the plan of placing them at the end of each section , from which they are ... Marco Polo .
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Página 50 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Página 61 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Página 54 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Página 59 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Página 131 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 61 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Página 360 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Página 397 - To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel, the laugh, and the jeer ? Ah ! here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here.
Página 360 - The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day, and who knows when was the equinox?
Página 360 - To subsist in lasting monuments, to live in their productions, to exist in their names and predicament of chimeras, was large satisfaction unto old expectations, and made one part of their Elysiums. But all this is nothing in the metaphysics of true belief.