The Quarterly Review, Volumen16John Murray, 1817 |
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... given a most curious and interesting description of the paintings and sculptures of the ruins of Thebes ; but as to Denon's sketches , we can only admire the ingenuity of the painter , who could contrive to catch the outline of so many ...
... given a most curious and interesting description of the paintings and sculptures of the ruins of Thebes ; but as to Denon's sketches , we can only admire the ingenuity of the painter , who could contrive to catch the outline of so many ...
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... 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 years have been deceived in the object of ...
... 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 years have been deceived in the object of ...
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... given their name ; a frugal , harmless , and honest people , subsisting chiefly on dates , millet , and a few leguminous plants : they are rigid Mahomedans . For the first eighteen miles , the mountains are described as hemming in the ...
... given their name ; a frugal , harmless , and honest people , subsisting chiefly on dates , millet , and a few leguminous plants : they are rigid Mahomedans . For the first eighteen miles , the mountains are described as hemming in the ...
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... given by Mr. Legh of this extraordinary traveller . At Dakki there is a fine temple quite perfect , with the hiero- glyphics in high relief , and in an excellent state of preservation . The height of the Propylon is about fifty feet ...
... given by Mr. Legh of this extraordinary traveller . At Dakki there is a fine temple quite perfect , with the hiero- glyphics in high relief , and in an excellent state of preservation . The height of the Propylon is about fifty feet ...
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... given his route from Moscho to Kortie , through Don- gola ; but these places are farther to the southward : besides , Poncet disdained to look at any thing but gold and silver and precious stones , and Christian churches and apostolic ...
... given his route from Moscho to Kortie , through Don- gola ; but these places are farther to the southward : besides , Poncet disdained to look at any thing but gold and silver and precious stones , and Christian churches and apostolic ...
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