The Quarterly Review, Volumen16John Murray, 1817 |
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... less mysterious than it was on the day of its arrival in England . The simplicity of the peasants , whether Copts or Arabs , is not the worst trait in their character . Niebuhr says , that , while he was surveying in the Delta , he let ...
... less mysterious than it was on the day of its arrival in England . The simplicity of the peasants , whether Copts or Arabs , is not the worst trait in their character . Niebuhr says , that , while he was surveying in the Delta , he let ...
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... less civilized than their neighbours . The few days passed by Mr. Legh at Essouan were employed in visiting the islands of Elephantina , Philæ , and the Cataracts . Elephantina ( he says ) is celebrated for its beauty , and certainly ...
... less civilized than their neighbours . The few days passed by Mr. Legh at Essouan were employed in visiting the islands of Elephantina , Philæ , and the Cataracts . Elephantina ( he says ) is celebrated for its beauty , and certainly ...
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... less than 40 minutes , or nearly three - fourths of a degree , which , in cosmogony , would make the difference of a few thousand years ! Thus , as Mr. Hamilton observes , Bruce makes Essouan or Syene in 23 ° 28 ′ , while Nouet places ...
... less than 40 minutes , or nearly three - fourths of a degree , which , in cosmogony , would make the difference of a few thousand years ! Thus , as Mr. Hamilton observes , Bruce makes Essouan or Syene in 23 ° 28 ′ , while Nouet places ...
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... less so to him who designed and superintended the ex- ecution of the temples , tombs and statues of the Nubian moun- tains . Mr. Banks , we understand , has brought away copies of a multitude of inscriptions and paintings , which not ...
... less so to him who designed and superintended the ex- ecution of the temples , tombs and statues of the Nubian moun- tains . Mr. Banks , we understand , has brought away copies of a multitude of inscriptions and paintings , which not ...
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... less ambiguous . ART . III . A Treatise on the Records of the Creation , and on the Moral Attributes of the Creator , with particular Reference to the Jewish History , and to the Consistency of the Principle of Population with the ...
... less ambiguous . ART . III . A Treatise on the Records of the Creation , and on the Moral Attributes of the Creator , with particular Reference to the Jewish History , and to the Consistency of the Principle of Population with the ...
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