The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1800 - English literature |
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... ancient inhabitants of Greece . This is , perhaps , an inftance of the greateft longevity of lan- guage ; few others having continued living and intelligible more than 500 , whereas the Greek has furvived 3500 years . The causes of this ...
... ancient inhabitants of Greece . This is , perhaps , an inftance of the greateft longevity of lan- guage ; few others having continued living and intelligible more than 500 , whereas the Greek has furvived 3500 years . The causes of this ...
Page 511
... ancient Leuctrum , one of the fouthern promontories of Peloponnefus , and fled to Corfica to efcape from Turkish tyranny . They retained , in this rude ifland , their ancient purity and fimplicity , with fome taste for nature and ...
... ancient Leuctrum , one of the fouthern promontories of Peloponnefus , and fled to Corfica to efcape from Turkish tyranny . They retained , in this rude ifland , their ancient purity and fimplicity , with fome taste for nature and ...
Page 524
... ancient Arabic and Perfian manufcripts with which we are acquaint- ed , agree in calling it Iftakhar . 6 Of the city , however , no veftiges remain ; even its very ruins have perished : but of the ftupendous edifice tituated at the foot ...
... ancient Arabic and Perfian manufcripts with which we are acquaint- ed , agree in calling it Iftakhar . 6 Of the city , however , no veftiges remain ; even its very ruins have perished : but of the ftupendous edifice tituated at the foot ...
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