The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 44A. Constable, 1826 |
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Page 180
... plate the scene before me . Pelicans , cranes , four or five feet in height , grey , variegated , and white , were scarcely so many yards from my side , and a bird , between a snipe and a woodcock , resembling both and larger than ...
... plate the scene before me . Pelicans , cranes , four or five feet in height , grey , variegated , and white , were scarcely so many yards from my side , and a bird , between a snipe and a woodcock , resembling both and larger than ...
Page 182
... plates of iron , brass , and silver , just leaving sufficient room for the eyes of the animal . ' At length , on arriving at the gate of the town , ourselves , Boo- Khaloom , and about a dozen of his followers , were alone allowed to ...
... plates of iron , brass , and silver , just leaving sufficient room for the eyes of the animal . ' At length , on arriving at the gate of the town , ourselves , Boo- Khaloom , and about a dozen of his followers , were alone allowed to ...
Page 186
... iron chains , by helmets , and by metal - plates enclosing their horses ' heads . They would form one of the finest bodies of cavalry in the world , if they could only face an enemy ; but as this 186 June Recent Discoveries in Africa .
... iron chains , by helmets , and by metal - plates enclosing their horses ' heads . They would form one of the finest bodies of cavalry in the world , if they could only face an enemy ; but as this 186 June Recent Discoveries in Africa .
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... plate the idea of happiness , or good fortune , mixed up or com- bined with that of uncertainty , we necessarily receive the im- pression or sentiment of hope . But if it would be absurd to suppose , that any other sense than that of ...
... plate the idea of happiness , or good fortune , mixed up or com- bined with that of uncertainty , we necessarily receive the im- pression or sentiment of hope . But if it would be absurd to suppose , that any other sense than that of ...
Page 290
... plate , on a circular grass plot , can fail to perceive a difference in the sizes of these three circles . No man can embrace a goodly column , and then take up a slender wand , and not know , by his touch , the same dif- ference . It ...
... plate , on a circular grass plot , can fail to perceive a difference in the sizes of these three circles . No man can embrace a goodly column , and then take up a slender wand , and not know , by his touch , the same dif- ference . It ...
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