Essays in History and ArtW. Blackwood and sons, 1862 - 526 sider |
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... population . In other cases they had wholly disappeared : they had lived and fought and died in perfect isolation from every focus of civilisation , and left not even a floating legend behind them in the world . Man's mor- tality - the ...
... population . In other cases they had wholly disappeared : they had lived and fought and died in perfect isolation from every focus of civilisation , and left not even a floating legend behind them in the world . Man's mor- tality - the ...
Side 116
... population had preceded even them ; and as we dig down into the soil beneath us , ever and anon we come upon strange and startling traces of those primeval occupants of the land . In those natural museums of the past , the caves and ...
... population had preceded even them ; and as we dig down into the soil beneath us , ever and anon we come upon strange and startling traces of those primeval occupants of the land . In those natural museums of the past , the caves and ...
Side 117
... population , why should it not have been inhabited ? The absence of great ruins , indeed , indicates that Gaul at this period , and even much later , had not attained a great degree of civilisation , nor been the seat of powerful ...
... population , why should it not have been inhabited ? The absence of great ruins , indeed , indicates that Gaul at this period , and even much later , had not attained a great degree of civilisation , nor been the seat of powerful ...
Side 119
... populations of the British Isles was probably Iberian ; and their type , besides leavening inde- finitely a portion of the present population , is still distinctly traceable in many of the dark - haired , dark - eyed , and dark- skinned ...
... populations of the British Isles was probably Iberian ; and their type , besides leavening inde- finitely a portion of the present population , is still distinctly traceable in many of the dark - haired , dark - eyed , and dark- skinned ...
Side 120
... population around them , who are of tall stature , with blue eyes , white skins , and blond hair - communicative , impetuous , versatile - passing rapidly from courage to timidity , and from audacity to despair : in other words , they ...
... population around them , who are of tall stature , with blue eyes , white skins , and blond hair - communicative , impetuous , versatile - passing rapidly from courage to timidity , and from audacity to despair : in other words , they ...
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Side 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...
Side 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.