The Foreign Quarterly Review, Volumes 28-29T. Foster, 1842 - Books |
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... town they came to , whether that were Jerusalem , and the parents were hardly able to answer the question . The commanders of these mobs were suc- cessively Walter the Pennyless , Peter the Hermit , Godeschalco and Emicho , the two ...
... town they came to , whether that were Jerusalem , and the parents were hardly able to answer the question . The commanders of these mobs were suc- cessively Walter the Pennyless , Peter the Hermit , Godeschalco and Emicho , the two ...
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... town should be their own . and the present pressure allowed no thought for future welfare or future misfortune . " " Such At length , however , the entreaties of Godfrey was the state of affairs in the year 1092 , four and others ...
... town should be their own . and the present pressure allowed no thought for future welfare or future misfortune . " " Such At length , however , the entreaties of Godfrey was the state of affairs in the year 1092 , four and others ...
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... town throughout his new dominions these two courts should be established . According to some authorities he allowed the Syrians the use of their own laws , but of this , as Dr. Sybel observes , the Assises make not the slightest mention ...
... town throughout his new dominions these two courts should be established . According to some authorities he allowed the Syrians the use of their own laws , but of this , as Dr. Sybel observes , the Assises make not the slightest mention ...
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... town picturesquely situated in was the first European to penetrate to this a fruitful valley on the banks of the winding remote region some three centuries ago , in Setledj . To the eastward of this place rise the suite of the Emperor ...
... town picturesquely situated in was the first European to penetrate to this a fruitful valley on the banks of the winding remote region some three centuries ago , in Setledj . To the eastward of this place rise the suite of the Emperor ...
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... town was built , according to the say- ing , by Ven , one of the last Hindoo Rajahs . The memory of this exemplary prince lives in many a verse and legend . He is said to have had so tender a heart that he could not endure the thought ...
... town was built , according to the say- ing , by Ven , one of the last Hindoo Rajahs . The memory of this exemplary prince lives in many a verse and legend . He is said to have had so tender a heart that he could not endure the thought ...
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Page 93 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded; the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat; Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Page 188 - Imperial rule of all the sea-girt isles, That, like to rich and various gems, inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep...
Page 186 - Such forces met not, nor so wide a camp, When Agrican with all his northern powers Besieged Albracca, as romances tell, The city of Gallaphrone, from thence to win The fairest of her sex Angelica, His daughter, sought by many prowest knights, Both Paynim, and the peers of Charlemain.
Page 188 - Of hippogrif, bore through the air sublime, Over the wilderness and o'er the plain; Till underneath them fair Jerusalem, The holy city, lifted high her towers, And higher yet the glorious temple rear'd Her pile, far off appearing like a mount Of alabaster, topt with golden spires...
Page 186 - Let that come when it comes ; all hope is lost Of my reception into grace ; what worse ? For where no hope is left, is left no fear : If there be worse, the expectation more Of worse torments me than the feeling can. I would be at the worst, worst is my port, My harbour, and my ultimate repose ; The end I would attain, my final good.
Page 274 - Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry : 'Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling nag.
Page 135 - I speak to Time and to Eternity, Of which I grow a portion, not to man. Ye elements ! in which to be resolved I hasten, let my voice be as a spirit Upon you ! Ye blue waves ! which bore my banner, Ye winds ! which...
Page 187 - Yes, thy proud lords, unpitied land, shall see That man hath yet a soul, and dare be free. A little while, along thy saddening plains, The starless night of desolation reigns : Truth shall restore the light by Nature given, And, like Prometheus, bring the fire of heaven. Prone to the dust Oppression shall be hurled ; Her name, her nature, withered from the world.
Page 166 - Diones inter crinigeras situm catervas et Germanica verba sustinentem, laudantem tetrico subinde vultu quod Burgundio cantat esculentus, infundens acido comam butyro...
Page 252 - look forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.