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... confined to the narrow neck of land which joins the Pharos to the continent ; the
circuit of nearly five miles , inclosed by the wall of a hundred towers built by the
Saracens in the thirteenth century , ' is now , for the most part , a deserted space ...
... confined to the narrow neck of land which joins the Pharos to the continent ; the
circuit of nearly five miles , inclosed by the wall of a hundred towers built by the
Saracens in the thirteenth century , ' is now , for the most part , a deserted space ...
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... the population is decreasing ; and the peasant , although in a fertile country ,
miserably poor ; for the exactions of government and its officers leave him
nothing to lay out in the improvement and culture of his lands , while the cities are
falling ...
... the population is decreasing ; and the peasant , although in a fertile country ,
miserably poor ; for the exactions of government and its officers leave him
nothing to lay out in the improvement and culture of his lands , while the cities are
falling ...
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Mr . Legh seems to think the Copts , ( who are Christians of the sect of Eutyches ,
) ' a clever and intriguing race ; ' they are employed , he says , by the government
in keeping the registers of land and tribute ; ' he admits , however , that , in ...
Mr . Legh seems to think the Copts , ( who are Christians of the sect of Eutyches ,
) ' a clever and intriguing race ; ' they are employed , he says , by the government
in keeping the registers of land and tribute ; ' he admits , however , that , in ...
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When the screech - owl of intolerance was yelling and the night of bigotry was
brooding on the land , he came forth with the heart of a hero ! and the tongue of
an angel ! till , at his bidding , the spectre vanished ; the colour of our fields
revived ...
When the screech - owl of intolerance was yelling and the night of bigotry was
brooding on the land , he came forth with the heart of a hero ! and the tongue of
an angel ! till , at his bidding , the spectre vanished ; the colour of our fields
revived ...
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Say what we will , Sir , he will be the land - mark of our times in the eye of
posterity : The goal of other men ' s speed was his starting - post - crowns were lis
playthings - thrones his footstool - he strode from victory to victoryhis path was “ a
...
Say what we will , Sir , he will be the land - mark of our times in the eye of
posterity : The goal of other men ' s speed was his starting - post - crowns were lis
playthings - thrones his footstool - he strode from victory to victoryhis path was “ a
...
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| Título | The Quarterly Review, Volumen16 |
| Colaboradores | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Editor | John Murray, 1817 |
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