The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 |
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... mean that a Roman shrine continued the old tradition of the tomb of a hero . ' Characteristic flora of the plain to - day are not unnoticed in Homer . When Hephaistos sends fire to stay the onrush of the river god , elms and willows and ...
... mean that a Roman shrine continued the old tradition of the tomb of a hero . ' Characteristic flora of the plain to - day are not unnoticed in Homer . When Hephaistos sends fire to stay the onrush of the river god , elms and willows and ...
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... means all or any of the gates . This would suit the sense , but is rightly rejected by Mr Leaf , for Dardanian is ... mean this ; therefore , unless we make the unlikely assumption that * Iliad , v , 189 ; XXII , 194 and 413 . 6 the word ...
... means all or any of the gates . This would suit the sense , but is rightly rejected by Mr Leaf , for Dardanian is ... mean this ; therefore , unless we make the unlikely assumption that * Iliad , v , 189 ; XXII , 194 and 413 . 6 the word ...
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... mean the names of the leaders . It is obvious that the chief of the Pæonians , for instance , could not have been called Pyraichmes , or the chief of the Paphlagonians Pylaimenes . Contrast these and others with the name of the Lycian ...
... mean the names of the leaders . It is obvious that the chief of the Pæonians , for instance , could not have been called Pyraichmes , or the chief of the Paphlagonians Pylaimenes . Contrast these and others with the name of the Lycian ...
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... means an affirmative answer to be inferred , whilst a similar gesture on the part of a European implies a negative ? An Oriental , if he wishes to indi- cate a negative by gesture , will throw up his chin . * The first impulse of a ...
... means an affirmative answer to be inferred , whilst a similar gesture on the part of a European implies a negative ? An Oriental , if he wishes to indi- cate a negative by gesture , will throw up his chin . * The first impulse of a ...
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... means the appointment of British Ministers , and I do not doubt that the Egyptians themselves had some inkling of the reluctance of the British Government of the day to adopt so heroic a remedy . I felt convinced that the best way to ...
... means the appointment of British Ministers , and I do not doubt that the Egyptians themselves had some inkling of the reluctance of the British Government of the day to adopt so heroic a remedy . I felt convinced that the best way to ...
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