The Quarterly Review, Volumen16John Murray, 1817 |
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... observed that the author looked in vain for the name of Strabo , who has given , from personal inspec- tion , a particular account of the Memnonian statue , which , in spite of the attestations , Cambyses is said to have previously ...
... observed that the author looked in vain for the name of Strabo , who has given , from personal inspec- tion , a particular account of the Memnonian statue , which , in spite of the attestations , Cambyses is said to have previously ...
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... observed that they were particularly dull of hearing . ' The view , however , of the barrier placed by nature between Nubia and Egypt , is described as in the highest degree magnificent . Passing upwards from Egypt , you leave the ...
... observed that they were particularly dull of hearing . ' The view , however , of the barrier placed by nature between Nubia and Egypt , is described as in the highest degree magnificent . Passing upwards from Egypt , you leave the ...
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... observations so perfect as to enable them to observe within a six- tieth part of a degree , when we find our modern travellers , with all the improvements of two thousand years , and with instruments ca- pable of observing the measure ...
... observations so perfect as to enable them to observe within a six- tieth part of a degree , when we find our modern travellers , with all the improvements of two thousand years , and with instruments ca- pable of observing the measure ...
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... observed . The walls of the houses , which are in some places still standing , alone attest that it has once been inhabited . The population was partly carried off by the Mamelukes , and has partly removed to Dehr .'- p . 76 . At Dehr ...
... observed . The walls of the houses , which are in some places still standing , alone attest that it has once been inhabited . The population was partly carried off by the Mamelukes , and has partly removed to Dehr .'- p . 76 . At Dehr ...
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... observation , are above all praise . ' His Journals , we understand , which have been received , and with which in due time the public will be gratified , fully justify the character given by Mr. Legh of this extraordinary traveller ...
... observation , are above all praise . ' His Journals , we understand , which have been received , and with which in due time the public will be gratified , fully justify the character given by Mr. Legh of this extraordinary traveller ...
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