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They have found it necessary , however , to arm about four or five thousand
negro - slaves , and to surround their city with a wall , against the incursions of
the Arabs from the west , and a nation of blacks from the east . The city or town of
...
They have found it necessary , however , to arm about four or five thousand
negro - slaves , and to surround their city with a wall , against the incursions of
the Arabs from the west , and a nation of blacks from the east . The city or town of
...
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At the farthest extremity of the temple is an immense block of granite , of a
pyramidal form , twelve feet high and nine feet square at the base , in which is cut
a niche , seven feet high , four feet wide , and three feet deep . In visiting these
temples ...
At the farthest extremity of the temple is an immense block of granite , of a
pyramidal form , twelve feet high and nine feet square at the base , in which is cut
a niche , seven feet high , four feet wide , and three feet deep . In visiting these
temples ...
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measured twenty - five feet across the shoulders ; ' - — but as the French foot
exceeds that of the English by nearly four - fifths of an inch , Mr . Legh , if he
copied Denon , ought to have set down the measure at 26 English feet . He
would have ...
measured twenty - five feet across the shoulders ; ' - — but as the French foot
exceeds that of the English by nearly four - fifths of an inch , Mr . Legh , if he
copied Denon , ought to have set down the measure at 26 English feet . He
would have ...
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Eight temples or sanctuaries are crowded together on the island of Philæ ,
though its whole length does not exceed a thousand feet , nor its breadth four
hundred . Mr . Legh thinks , from the present state of these temples , that the
system of ...
Eight temples or sanctuaries are crowded together on the island of Philæ ,
though its whole length does not exceed a thousand feet , nor its breadth four
hundred . Mr . Legh thinks , from the present state of these temples , that the
system of ...
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The natives , many of whom were drunk , were greatly astonished at the sudden
appearance of the strangers ; but offered them no incivility . They brought them
paste , with boiled goat ' s flesh swimming in butter . After waiting about four
hours ...
The natives , many of whom were drunk , were greatly astonished at the sudden
appearance of the strangers ; but offered them no incivility . They brought them
paste , with boiled goat ' s flesh swimming in butter . After waiting about four
hours ...
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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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