The Quarterly Review, Volumen16John Murray, 1817 |
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... four or five thou- sand negro - slaves , and to surround their city with a wall , against the incursions of the Arabs from the west , and a nation of blacks from the east . The city or town of Dongola is said to be larger than any in ...
... four or five thou- sand negro - slaves , and to surround their city with a wall , against the incursions of the Arabs from the west , and a nation of blacks from the east . The city or town of Dongola is said to be larger than any in ...
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... four feet wide , and three feet deep . In visiting these temples and the villages along the banks of the Nile , our travellers were forcibly struck with the luxuriant fer- tility of the soil , as contrasted with the wretched state of ...
... four feet wide , and three feet deep . In visiting these temples and the villages along the banks of the Nile , our travellers were forcibly struck with the luxuriant fer- tility of the soil , as contrasted with the wretched state of ...
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... 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 but his own : where no two authors are found to ...
... 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 but his own : where no two authors are found to ...
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... four hundred . Mr. Legh thinks , from the present state of these temples , that the system of building among the ancient Egyptians was first to construct great masses , and afterwards to labour for ages in finishing the details of the ...
... four hundred . Mr. Legh thinks , from the present state of these temples , that the system of building among the ancient Egyptians was first to construct great masses , and afterwards to labour for ages in finishing the details of the ...
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... four hours , the Cacheff made his ap- pearance , attended by five or six officers , and a number of Negro guards ; he was a young man , about six feet high , of a handsome person , half drunk with araki , a spirit distilled from dates ...
... four hours , the Cacheff made his ap- pearance , attended by five or six officers , and a number of Negro guards ; he was a young man , about six feet high , of a handsome person , half drunk with araki , a spirit distilled from dates ...
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