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We could have wished to know something more of the ancient country of the
Ethiopians , in which Mr . Legh has gone beyond any foriner traveller , ( that is to
say , along the banks of the Nile , ) except two , whom we shall have occasion to
...
We could have wished to know something more of the ancient country of the
Ethiopians , in which Mr . Legh has gone beyond any foriner traveller , ( that is to
say , along the banks of the Nile , ) except two , whom we shall have occasion to
...
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Of this mixed population it is hard to say whether the Arabs , the Copts or the
Turks are the most simple , the most ignorant ... a clever and intriguing race ; '
they are employed , he says , by the government in keeping the registers of land
and ...
Of this mixed population it is hard to say whether the Arabs , the Copts or the
Turks are the most simple , the most ignorant ... a clever and intriguing race ; '
they are employed , he says , by the government in keeping the registers of land
and ...
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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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The superstitious vatives , we are told , attribute the circumstance of crocodiles
not being observed in the lower parts of the Nile , to the talismanic influence of
the Mikkias , or Nilometer , at Cairo ; - so says Niebuhr ; but he adds , it may be ...
The superstitious vatives , we are told , attribute the circumstance of crocodiles
not being observed in the lower parts of the Nile , to the talismanic influence of
the Mikkias , or Nilometer , at Cairo ; - so says Niebuhr ; but he adds , it may be ...
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Norden also seemed to think , that the huge fragment of a colossal statue must
have been a part of the vocal statue of Memnon : and because , says this honest
Dane in the simplicity of his heart , that most authors have related the wonder of ...
Norden also seemed to think , that the huge fragment of a colossal statue must
have been a part of the vocal statue of Memnon : and because , says this honest
Dane in the simplicity of his heart , that most authors have related the wonder of ...
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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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