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... land , and there is not that continuity of tradition which made possible the growth of a phenomenon like Philhellenism in relation to Greece , or even the insular charm that England holds for many foreigners . There is no systematic ...
... land , and there is not that continuity of tradition which made possible the growth of a phenomenon like Philhellenism in relation to Greece , or even the insular charm that England holds for many foreigners . There is no systematic ...
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... land that saw the serried magnificence of Xerxes of Persia march against the Greeks and lash the Hellespont in fury because it blocked his path , and then saw the equal magnificence of his descendant Darius yield at last to the ...
... land that saw the serried magnificence of Xerxes of Persia march against the Greeks and lash the Hellespont in fury because it blocked his path , and then saw the equal magnificence of his descendant Darius yield at last to the ...
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... land of Turkey was of course that which housed for more than a thousand years the Empire of Byzantium , so different in its punctilious and sensuous intellect from the single - minded warriorship of the Turks and the Crusaders who ...
... land of Turkey was of course that which housed for more than a thousand years the Empire of Byzantium , so different in its punctilious and sensuous intellect from the single - minded warriorship of the Turks and the Crusaders who ...
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