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He would have done well not to trust to any measurement or description but his
own : where no two authors are found to agree , it is of the utmost importance to
have the testimony of a third ; and the apology is scarcely admissible for passing
...
He would have done well not to trust to any measurement or description but his
own : where no two authors are found to agree , it is of the utmost importance to
have the testimony of a third ; and the apology is scarcely admissible for passing
...
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... to satisfy my curiosity , I struck the remains of this colossal figure with a key ; but
, being all solid , I found it as dumb as any block of granite buried in the earth . '
Our present travellers passed upwards with a fair wind from Thebes , reserving ...
... to satisfy my curiosity , I struck the remains of this colossal figure with a key ; but
, being all solid , I found it as dumb as any block of granite buried in the earth . '
Our present travellers passed upwards with a fair wind from Thebes , reserving ...
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The few days passed by Mr . Legh at Essouan were employed in visiting the
islands of Elephantina , Philæ , and the Cataracts . Elephantina ( he says ) is
celebrated for its beauty , and certainly contains within itself every thing to make it
one of ...
The few days passed by Mr . Legh at Essouan were employed in visiting the
islands of Elephantina , Philæ , and the Cataracts . Elephantina ( he says ) is
celebrated for its beauty , and certainly contains within itself every thing to make it
one of ...
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Passing upwards from Egypt , you leave the delicious gardens of the island of
Elephantina , which divides the Nile into ... In fact , from the moment that the
Cataracts are passed , both the country and its inhabitants have a character
totally ...
Passing upwards from Egypt , you leave the delicious gardens of the island of
Elephantina , which divides the Nile into ... In fact , from the moment that the
Cataracts are passed , both the country and its inhabitants have a character
totally ...
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... the river ; at El Umbarakat , about twelve miles from Siala , are some ruins : the
country is thinly inhabited , and the natives mostly live in the caves of the
mountains , which here again approach the river , and form a narrow and difficult
pass .
... the river ; at El Umbarakat , about twelve miles from Siala , are some ruins : the
country is thinly inhabited , and the natives mostly live in the caves of the
mountains , which here again approach the river , and form a narrow and difficult
pass .
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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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