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... GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH ; AUTHOR OF LAYS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GREECE , ' ETC. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCXC All Rights reserved Thin 7437 Libr . 8-11-1922 gen . то ROBERT BROWNING.
... GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH ; AUTHOR OF LAYS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GREECE , ' ETC. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCXC All Rights reserved Thin 7437 Libr . 8-11-1922 gen . то ROBERT BROWNING.
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... Greek philosophy under Socrates and Plato , and of the Hellenisation of the East by Alexander the Great ; then the Romanising of the West under Julius Cæsar , and the Christianising of both East and West by the preaching of the Apostles ...
... Greek philosophy under Socrates and Plato , and of the Hellenisation of the East by Alexander the Great ; then the Romanising of the West under Julius Cæsar , and the Christianising of both East and West by the preaching of the Apostles ...
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... Greek , and lured the Roman , By its verdurous fringe to dwell ; 1 When he left the flaming idols , Sun by day and Moon by night , To believe in something deeper Than the shows that brush the sight , 1 Edessa , according to a very ...
... Greek , and lured the Roman , By its verdurous fringe to dwell ; 1 When he left the flaming idols , Sun by day and Moon by night , To believe in something deeper Than the shows that brush the sight , 1 Edessa , according to a very ...
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John Stuart Blackie. Law that dowered the chosen people With a creed divinely true , Which subtle Greek and lordly Roman Stooped to borrow from the Jew . 13 DAVID . I WILL sing the son of Jesse 12 A SONG OF HEROES .
John Stuart Blackie. Law that dowered the chosen people With a creed divinely true , Which subtle Greek and lordly Roman Stooped to borrow from the Jew . 13 DAVID . I WILL sing the son of Jesse 12 A SONG OF HEROES .
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... Greek , the wisest Of the land where wisdom grew Native to the soil , and beauty Wisely wedded to the true . SOCRATES , the general sire Of that best lore which teaches man In a reasoned world with reason Forth to shape his human plan ...
... Greek , the wisest Of the land where wisdom grew Native to the soil , and beauty Wisely wedded to the true . SOCRATES , the general sire Of that best lore which teaches man In a reasoned world with reason Forth to shape his human plan ...
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