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In the first three editions of Boswell we find Tadnor for Tadmor. In Dodsley's Collection, iv. 229, the last couplet is as follows: 'Or Tadmor's marble wastes survey, Or in yon roofless cloister stray. Ann. Reg. xxii 79. See ante, under Dec. 17, 1775. In 1757 two battalions of Highlanders were raised and sent to North America. Gent. Mag. xxvii. 42, 333.
Perhaps," he added, more quietly, after a moment's reflection, "you thought I might not be equal to the occasion and, in that case, I don't say you were wrong." Rufus shook his head. "If you had passed your life in this decrepit little island," he replied, "I might have doubted you, likely enough. But Tadmor's situated in the United States.
Nero's House of Gold was not raised in a day; nor the Mexican House of the Sun; nor the Alhambra; nor the Escurial; nor Titus's Amphitheater; nor the Illinois Mounds; nor Diana's great columns at Ephesus; nor Pompey's proud Pillar; nor the Parthenon; nor the Altar of Belus; nor Stonehenge; nor Solomon's Temple; nor Tadmor's towers; nor Susa's bastions; nor Persepolis' pediments.
Tadmor's queen Bath Zabbai could not have appeared more regal in her haughty pose, amid the exulting shouts that rent the skies of conquering Rome. The magistrate cleared his throat, and addressed the accused. "You are Beryl Brentano, the granddaughter of General Darrington?" "I am Beryl Brentano." "You have heard the charges brought against you. What have you to say in defence?"
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