The Quarterly Review, Volumen16John Murray, 1817 |
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... river , the largest apparently about twenty - five feet long . Mr. Legh thinks Girgeh the limit below which they do not descend ; and they appear to be most numerous between this place and the Cataracts . The superstitious natives , we ...
... river , the largest apparently about twenty - five feet long . Mr. Legh thinks Girgeh the limit below which they do not descend ; and they appear to be most numerous between this place and the Cataracts . The superstitious natives , we ...
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... river ; Pococke , however , found no signs of walls round Thebes . ' On the opposite or western bank , are the Memnonium , the two colossal statues , and the remains of Médinet - Abou . The Necropolis , or celebrated caverns , known as ...
... river ; Pococke , however , found no signs of walls round Thebes . ' On the opposite or western bank , are the Memnonium , the two colossal statues , and the remains of Médinet - Abou . The Necropolis , or celebrated caverns , known as ...
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... rivers and rocks , combine to make it picturesque . ' Eight temples or sanctuaries are crowded together on the island of Philæ , though its whole length does not exceed a thousand feet , nor its breadth four hundred . Mr. Legh thinks ...
... rivers and rocks , combine to make it picturesque . ' Eight temples or sanctuaries are crowded together on the island of Philæ , though its whole length does not exceed a thousand feet , nor its breadth four hundred . Mr. Legh thinks ...
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... river , and form innumerable rocky points or islands to impede its course . The wild disorder of the granite rocks , which pre- sent every variety of grotesque shape , the absence of all cultivation , the murmur of the water , and the ...
... river , and form innumerable rocky points or islands to impede its course . The wild disorder of the granite rocks , which pre- sent every variety of grotesque shape , the absence of all cultivation , the murmur of the water , and the ...
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6 from 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 ...
6 from 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 ...
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