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... stone , Or on the barren desert , damp with dew . Yet , with my band of darlings nurtured still , By kindly ravens with the hour's supply : One drop , one crumb , dropp'd timely from the bill , Sustain'd us all while monarchs fell to ...
... stone , Or on the barren desert , damp with dew . Yet , with my band of darlings nurtured still , By kindly ravens with the hour's supply : One drop , one crumb , dropp'd timely from the bill , Sustain'd us all while monarchs fell to ...
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... stone . Copies of these records , in their mutilated condition , afforded strik- ing evidence of the patient labor , as well . as of the learning , skill and ingenuity , displayed by Lepsius and Bunsen . The papyrus was in numerous ...
... stone . Copies of these records , in their mutilated condition , afforded strik- ing evidence of the patient labor , as well . as of the learning , skill and ingenuity , displayed by Lepsius and Bunsen . The papyrus was in numerous ...
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... stone foun- dation , and a wall on each side , formed of large bricks , and terraced with a plat- form of square bricks . It was 20 feet high , including the parapet , which was 5 feet ; while the thickness was 25 feet at the base , and ...
... stone foun- dation , and a wall on each side , formed of large bricks , and terraced with a plat- form of square bricks . It was 20 feet high , including the parapet , which was 5 feet ; while the thickness was 25 feet at the base , and ...
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... stone was discovered in 1799 , at Rosetta , on the site of an ancient temple , and bore three inscriptions , one in hi- eroglyphical characters , a second in the later demotic letters equally unknown , but a third happily in Greek . Dr ...
... stone was discovered in 1799 , at Rosetta , on the site of an ancient temple , and bore three inscriptions , one in hi- eroglyphical characters , a second in the later demotic letters equally unknown , but a third happily in Greek . Dr ...
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... stone , and ends at the gate which opens into the Parks . These are several miles in length and surrounded by a high brick . wall . The Castle is divided into two courts , by the Great Round Tower , or Donjon ; and covers twelve acres ...
... stone , and ends at the gate which opens into the Parks . These are several miles in length and surrounded by a high brick . wall . The Castle is divided into two courts , by the Great Round Tower , or Donjon ; and covers twelve acres ...
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Page 384 - He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a knack of joking; He did not make himself a bear, Although he had a taste for smoking; And when religious sects ran mad, He held, in spite of all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning.
Page 652 - ... enchanted stem, Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave To each, but whoso did receive of them, And taste, to him the gushing of the wave Far far away did seem to mourn and rave On alien shores; and if his fellow spake, His voice was thin, as voices from the grave; And deep-asleep he seem'd, yet all awake. And music in his ears his beating heart did make.
Page 86 - ... in two flames, the one on one side, and the other on the other side of the axial line.
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Page 21 - ... inequalities of the surface over which it passed. During the flow, night was converted into day on all eastern Hawaii. The light rose and spread like the morning upon the mountains, and its glare was seen on the opposite side of the island. It was also distinctly visible for more than one hundred miles at sea; and at the distance of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight...
Page 618 - Superior heard, run through the sweetest length Of notes ; when listening Philomela deigns To let them joy, and purposes, in thought Elate, to make her night excel their day. The...
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