The Quarterly Review, Volumen16John Murray, 1817 |
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... object of both being that of extorting as large a revenue as possible from the hard hands of the peasants . ' Even now , ' says this judicious writer , ' the population is decreasing ; and the peasant , although in a fertile country ...
... object of both being that of extorting as large a revenue as possible from the hard hands of the peasants . ' Even now , ' says this judicious writer , ' the population is decreasing ; and the peasant , although in a fertile country ...
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... object ; the man , on observing the village turned upside down , stared at the traveller with great astonishment ; but on being told that , by the order of the Pashaw , * he was about to destroy it , the poor fellow entreated he would ...
... object ; the man , on observing the village turned upside down , stared at the traveller with great astonishment ; but on being told that , by the order of the Pashaw , * he was about to destroy it , the poor fellow entreated he would ...
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... objects that usually catch the travel- ler's attention , possessed no charms apparently for Mr. Legh : he was unsaintly enough not to visit the Coptic church in which is the grotto where the Holy Family took refuge ; nor did his ...
... objects that usually catch the travel- ler's attention , possessed no charms apparently for Mr. Legh : he was unsaintly enough not to visit the Coptic church in which is the grotto where the Holy Family took refuge ; nor did his ...
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nishing objects , that one is riveted to the spot , unable to decide whither to direct the step or fix the attention . These ruins extend from each bank of the Nile to the sides of the inclosing mountains : the objects which most ...
nishing objects , that one is riveted to the spot , unable to decide whither to direct the step or fix the attention . These ruins extend from each bank of the Nile to the sides of the inclosing mountains : the objects which most ...
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... object of their curiosity ; as appears from the inscriptions . ' These are cut into the legs of the northernmost of two colossal figures , found in the midst of the plain near Médinet- Abou , in a sitting posture ; they are in various ...
... object of their curiosity ; as appears from the inscriptions . ' These are cut into the legs of the northernmost of two colossal figures , found in the midst of the plain near Médinet- Abou , in a sitting posture ; they are in various ...
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