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" Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world ; the once worshipped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation, and yet you can see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned according to some ancient mould of beauty... "
The Valley of the Nile: Its Tombs, Temples, and Monuments. [With Illustrations.] - Page 58
by William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 224 pages
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The United States Democratic Review, Volume 16

1845 - 648 pages
...this world ; the once worshipped beast is a deformity and « monster to this generation, and yet yon can see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were...forgotten — forgotten because that Greece drew forth Cytherea from the flashing foam of the ¿Egean, and in her image created new forms of beauty, and made...
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Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, Volumes 7-8

1849 - 858 pages
...Sphynx. Comely the creature is. but tho comeliness is not of this world; the once worshipped boast is a deformity, and a monster to this generation,...lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned according to sonic ancient mould of beauty — some mould of beauty now forgotten — forgotten because that Greece...
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The Oberlin Quarterly Review, Volume 4

1849 - 514 pages
...this world : the once worshipped beast is a deformity, and a mons4er of this generation , anil ^eV you can see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were...ancient mould of beauty ; some mould of beauty now forgottefn — forgotten because Greece drew forth from the flashing foam of the Egean, and in her...
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Routledge's Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park at Sydenham ...

Edward MacDermott - 1854 - 236 pages
...lonely sphynx. Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world : the once worshipped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation, and yet you can see that these lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned according to some ancient mould of beauty — some mould...
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The National Magazine, Volume 9

Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 588 pages
...Eöthen says : *' Comely the creature is, bnt the comeliness is not of this world. The once worshiped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation...and heavy, were fashioned according to some ancient mold of beauty, gome mold of beauty now forgotten ; forgotten, because that Greece drew forth Cytherea...
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Eothen [by A.W. Kinglake].

Alexander William Kinglake - 1864 - 348 pages
...lonely Sphynx. Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world ; the once worshipped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation,...forgotten — forgotten because that Greece drew forth Cytherea, from the flashing foam of the ^Egean, and in her image created new forms of beauty, and made...
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Newell's Random Readings

Frederick Samuel Newell - 1865 - 80 pages
...lonely Sphynx. Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world; the once worshipped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation, and yet you can see that those lips, so I hi k and heavy, were fashioned according to some ancient mould of beauty, some mould of beauty now...
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Ten Months' Tour in the East ...

Albert De Burton - 1870 - 392 pages
...but the comeliness is not of this world. The once worshipped beast is a deformity and a monster of this generation ; and yet you can see that those lips,...and heavy, were fashioned according to some ancient mode of beauty, some mode of beauty now forgotten — forgotten because that Greece drew forth Cytherea...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose

1872 - 556 pages
...more awful than all else in the land of Egypt, there sits the lonely Sphynx. Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world ; the onceworshipped...forgotten — forgotten because that Greece drew forth Cytherea from the flashing foam of the ^Egean, and in her image created new forms of beauty, and made...
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The American Travellers' Guides: Hand-books for Travellers in ..., Volumes 11-12

William Pembroke Fetridge - 1872 - 1200 pages
...weird beauty. " Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world. The once worshiped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation...can see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were bshioncd according to some ancient mode of beauty, some mode of beauty now forgotten—forgotten because...
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