The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, المجلد 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... sent me from Russia . gins ; all that tract of country lying beyond mount Taurus was distinguished by the general appella- tion of Scythia , and afterwards by that of Tartary . It might not be improper , perhaps , to give the name of ...
... sent me from Russia . gins ; all that tract of country lying beyond mount Taurus was distinguished by the general appella- tion of Scythia , and afterwards by that of Tartary . It might not be improper , perhaps , to give the name of ...
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... sent in possession . The Calmucs and Monguls are the very Scythians who , under Madies , made themselves masters of Upper Asia , and conquered Cyaxares , king of the Medes . They are the men whom Gengis Khan and his sons led afterwards ...
... sent in possession . The Calmucs and Monguls are the very Scythians who , under Madies , made themselves masters of Upper Asia , and conquered Cyaxares , king of the Medes . They are the men whom Gengis Khan and his sons led afterwards ...
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... sent some of the natives to gain instruction among foreigners , but the difference of languages , manners , and religion , opposed it . Besides , there was a law of state and religion , equally sacred and pernicious , which prohibited ...
... sent some of the natives to gain instruction among foreigners , but the difference of languages , manners , and religion , opposed it . Besides , there was a law of state and religion , equally sacred and pernicious , which prohibited ...
الصفحة 17
... sent him ambassador to Poland , where he was detained prisoner by the Poles , who were then at war with the Russians ; so little was the law of nations known to the different people of these times . During his father's confinement ...
... sent him ambassador to Poland , where he was detained prisoner by the Poles , who were then at war with the Russians ; so little was the law of nations known to the different people of these times . During his father's confinement ...
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... sent for from the heart of Siberia , where her father commanded a fortress , to be presented to czar John at Moscow . Her beauty triumphed over all the intrigues of her rivals , and John was mar- ried to her in 1684. At every marriage ...
... sent for from the heart of Siberia , where her father commanded a fortress , to be presented to czar John at Moscow . Her beauty triumphed over all the intrigues of her rivals , and John was mar- ried to her in 1684. At every marriage ...
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الصفحة 17 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home : Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
الصفحة 16 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.
الصفحة 16 - But chiefly Love— to Love an Altar built, Of twelve vast French Romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves; And all the trophies of his former loves...
الصفحة 19 - On various tempers act by various ways, Make some take physic, others scribble plays; Who cause the proud their visits to delay, And send the godly in a pet to pray. A nymph there is, that all thy power disdains, And thousands more in equal mirth maintains. But oh! if e'er thy gnome could spoil a grace, Or raise a pimple on a beauteous face, Like citron-waters matrons...
الصفحة 16 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourish'd two locks which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
الصفحة 16 - Beaux banish beaux, and coaches coaches drive. This erring mortals levity may call ; Oh blind to truth ! the sylphs contrive it all.
الصفحة 86 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
الصفحة 17 - Lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. " To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...