The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 |
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Page 6
... able . ' The fig - tree was near the Scean Gate in the western wall . A legend known to Homer said that the walls had been built by Poseidon and Apollo , assisted by Æacus , and the participation of a mortal explained the vulnerability ...
... able . ' The fig - tree was near the Scean Gate in the western wall . A legend known to Homer said that the walls had been built by Poseidon and Apollo , assisted by Æacus , and the participation of a mortal explained the vulnerability ...
Page 10
... able to show that the geography of the Catalogue is in accordance with the rest of the Iliad , and that it implies conditions completely different from those which prevailed when the Iliad assumed its present form . These conditions ...
... able to show that the geography of the Catalogue is in accordance with the rest of the Iliad , and that it implies conditions completely different from those which prevailed when the Iliad assumed its present form . These conditions ...
Page 27
... able to gasp out to two policemen who had been passive spectators of the whole scene an order that they were to pull the station - master off him . They at once replied with the Arabic equivalent of Aye , aye , Sir ! ' and acted ...
... able to gasp out to two policemen who had been passive spectators of the whole scene an order that they were to pull the station - master off him . They at once replied with the Arabic equivalent of Aye , aye , Sir ! ' and acted ...
Page 36
... able to cross - examine her without the inter- vention of an interpreter . I asked her whether she wished to go back to the harem . She asked , in reply , whether , if she went to the Home , she would be obliged to stay there . I told ...
... able to cross - examine her without the inter- vention of an interpreter . I asked her whether she wished to go back to the harem . She asked , in reply , whether , if she went to the Home , she would be obliged to stay there . I told ...
Page 37
... able secretary , Mr ( now Sir Arthur ) Hardinge , then suggested to me that I should put on a white suit of flannels and ostentatiously play a game of tennis in the most public place I could find . I acted on the advice , with the ...
... able secretary , Mr ( now Sir Arthur ) Hardinge , then suggested to me that I should put on a white suit of flannels and ostentatiously play a game of tennis in the most public place I could find . I acted on the advice , with the ...
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