Littell's Living Age, Volume 2Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1844 |
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Page 185
... period of the conquest ; that this change ter- minated towards the ninth century , and that , after being stationary for two hundred years , the tem- perature again fell progressively . According to M. Fustu , we are now in the period ...
... period of the conquest ; that this change ter- minated towards the ninth century , and that , after being stationary for two hundred years , the tem- perature again fell progressively . According to M. Fustu , we are now in the period ...
Page 327
... period when superstition reigned in full force , when the dead stalked by night among the tombs , and vis- ited the scenes of their past actions , and when an- gels or demons were the spirits of men's sleeping or waking dreams , —at ...
... period when superstition reigned in full force , when the dead stalked by night among the tombs , and vis- ited the scenes of their past actions , and when an- gels or demons were the spirits of men's sleeping or waking dreams , —at ...
Page 370
... period of history more imperatively re- quires than the one which Mr. Alison has selected . His reflections , which are very lengthy and some- what obtrusive , are not unfrequently trite , shallow , and declamatory , often marked by the ...
... period of history more imperatively re- quires than the one which Mr. Alison has selected . His reflections , which are very lengthy and some- what obtrusive , are not unfrequently trite , shallow , and declamatory , often marked by the ...
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