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Most travellers agree in the melancholy feelings excited by the present forlorn
and neglected state of this once magnificent city ; which abounded in temples ,
palaces , baths and theatres ; and which reckoned 300 , 000 freemen among its ...
Most travellers agree in the melancholy feelings excited by the present forlorn
and neglected state of this once magnificent city ; which abounded in temples ,
palaces , baths and theatres ; and which reckoned 300 , 000 freemen among its ...
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The chalige , or canal , Mr . Legh says , which pierces the city in a direction nearly
from north to south , is the general receptacle of filth ; but when opened on the
overflow of the Nile , it is changed at once into a canal covered with boats ...
The chalige , or canal , Mr . Legh says , which pierces the city in a direction nearly
from north to south , is the general receptacle of filth ; but when opened on the
overflow of the Nile , it is changed at once into a canal covered with boats ...
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... has once been inhabited . The population was partly carried off by the
Mamelukes , and has partly removed to Dehr . ' - - p . 76 . At Dehr the only
monument of antiquity is a temple or grotto , excavated in the solid rock ; but at
Amada , about ...
... has once been inhabited . The population was partly carried off by the
Mamelukes , and has partly removed to Dehr . ' - - p . 76 . At Dehr the only
monument of antiquity is a temple or grotto , excavated in the solid rock ; but at
Amada , about ...
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... are attached colossal statues of priests , ( on pedestals three feet three inches
high , ) each eighteen feet six inches in height ; and whose splendid dresses had
once been covered with paint and gold . There are three chambers of ...
... are attached colossal statues of priests , ( on pedestals three feet three inches
high , ) each eighteen feet six inches in height ; and whose splendid dresses had
once been covered with paint and gold . There are three chambers of ...
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The women are horribly ugly , and seem to pass at once from childhood to old
age . The children go naked , the boys wearing round the waist a small cord only
, and the girls a sort of fringe , made of thin strips of leather , matted together with
...
The women are horribly ugly , and seem to pass at once from childhood to old
age . The children go naked , the boys wearing round the waist a small cord only
, and the girls a sort of fringe , made of thin strips of leather , matted together with
...
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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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