The Quarterly Review, Volumen16John Murray, 1817 |
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... French foot exceeds that of the English by nearly four - fifths of an inch , Mr. Legh , if he copied Denon , ought to have set down the measure at 26 English feet . He would have done well not to trust to any measurement or description ...
... French foot exceeds that of the English by nearly four - fifths of an inch , Mr. Legh , if he copied Denon , ought to have set down the measure at 26 English feet . He would have done well not to trust to any measurement or description ...
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... French expe- dition in Egypt was marked on a granite rock a little above the Cataracts . ' The pillage and desolation and massacre which accom- panied the progress of the French arms in Upper Egypt were manfully resisted by the ...
... French expe- dition in Egypt was marked on a granite rock a little above the Cataracts . ' The pillage and desolation and massacre which accom- panied the progress of the French arms in Upper Egypt were manfully resisted by the ...
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... French philosophe is never at a loss for a reason . - The fact is , that the resistance of the brave inhabitants of Philæ put an end to the hopes and the progress of the French general in Nubia , and all the grapes that grew beyond it ...
... French philosophe is never at a loss for a reason . - The fact is , that the resistance of the brave inhabitants of Philæ put an end to the hopes and the progress of the French general in Nubia , and all the grapes that grew beyond it ...
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... French term , sig- nifying frugality , or household economy , and which leads us to suppose that the thing , like the name , is of foreign growth . Any number of persons , say fifty - two , enter into an agreement by which they bind ...
... French term , sig- nifying frugality , or household economy , and which leads us to suppose that the thing , like the name , is of foreign growth . Any number of persons , say fifty - two , enter into an agreement by which they bind ...
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