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The condition of the peasantry , which is as miserable as can well be imagined ,
seems to have undergone no change for the better since the days of Sesostris ,
Psammeticus or Cheops . Whether under the yoke of the Persians , the Greeks ...
The condition of the peasantry , which is as miserable as can well be imagined ,
seems to have undergone no change for the better since the days of Sesostris ,
Psammeticus or Cheops . Whether under the yoke of the Persians , the Greeks ...
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Mr . Legh seems to think the Copts , ( who are Christians of the sect of Eutyches ,
) ' a clever and intriguing race ; ' they are employed , he says , by the government
in keeping the registers of land and tribute ; ' he admits , however , that , in ...
Mr . Legh seems to think the Copts , ( who are Christians of the sect of Eutyches ,
) ' a clever and intriguing race ; ' they are employed , he says , by the government
in keeping the registers of land and tribute ; ' he admits , however , that , in ...
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Denon , who pronounces all the descriptions hitherto given of those wonderful
monuments to have tended to confuse rather than illustrate , seems to think that it
belonged to the statue of Memnon , and that all the travellers for the last 2 , 000 ...
Denon , who pronounces all the descriptions hitherto given of those wonderful
monuments to have tended to confuse rather than illustrate , seems to think that it
belonged to the statue of Memnon , and that all the travellers for the last 2 , 000 ...
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This seems to have been the case with Denon ' s feelings , who exclaims rather
petulantly among the ruins of Thebes , “ Still temples , nothing but temples ! no
walls , quays , bridges , baths , or theatres ! ' He searched , he says , in vain , for a
...
This seems to have been the case with Denon ' s feelings , who exclaims rather
petulantly among the ruins of Thebes , “ Still temples , nothing but temples ! no
walls , quays , bridges , baths , or theatres ! ' He searched , he says , in vain , for a
...
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But , observes Mr . Legh , there are modern travellers who seem to have listened
rather to the stories of the ancients , than to the evidence of their own own senses
; and Cicero is still quoted to prove 12 Legh ' s Journey in Egypt and Nubia .
But , observes Mr . Legh , there are modern travellers who seem to have listened
rather to the stories of the ancients , than to the evidence of their own own senses
; and Cicero is still quoted to prove 12 Legh ' s Journey in Egypt and Nubia .
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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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