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The simplicity of the peasants , whether Copts or Arabs , is not the worst trait in
their character . Niebuhr says , that , while he was surveying in the Delta , he let a
peasant look through the levelling telescope , which inverted the object ; the man
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The simplicity of the peasants , whether Copts or Arabs , is not the worst trait in
their character . Niebuhr says , that , while he was surveying in the Delta , he let a
peasant look through the levelling telescope , which inverted the object ; the man
...
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In fact , from the moment that the Cataracts are passed , both the country and its
inhabitants have a character totally distinct from that of Egypt , its low sandy
banks , its Copts , Arabs , Turks and Jews . The natives of this upper region are ...
In fact , from the moment that the Cataracts are passed , both the country and its
inhabitants have a character totally distinct from that of Egypt , its low sandy
banks , its Copts , Arabs , Turks and Jews . The natives of this upper region are ...
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His Journals , we understand , which have been received , and with which in due
time the public will be gratified , fully justify the character given by Mr . Legh of
this extraordinary traveller . At Dakki there is a fine temple quite perfect , with the
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His Journals , we understand , which have been received , and with which in due
time the public will be gratified , fully justify the character given by Mr . Legh of
this extraordinary traveller . At Dakki there is a fine temple quite perfect , with the
...
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... by Cheops in quarrying stones in the Nubian mountains and conveying them
down the Nile , for building a bridge which occupied ten years , and erecting a
pyramid , the labour of twenty years , on which an inscription in Egyptian
characters ...
... by Cheops in quarrying stones in the Nubian mountains and conveying them
down the Nile , for building a bridge which occupied ten years , and erecting a
pyramid , the labour of twenty years , on which an inscription in Egyptian
characters ...
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... but his general character , even as a player , was certainly not very pre -
eminent . He had , however , it seems , the good fortune to be an Irishman , and
accordingly hear in what numbers Mr . Phillips lauds Bhim . • Lord of the soul !
magician ...
... but his general character , even as a player , was certainly not very pre -
eminent . He had , however , it seems , the good fortune to be an Irishman , and
accordingly hear in what numbers Mr . Phillips lauds Bhim . • Lord of the soul !
magician ...
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| Título | The Quarterly Review, Volumen16 |
| Colaboradores | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Editor | John Murray, 1817 |
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