New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... took us three days to reach Minyeh , the ancient Cynopolis ; it was famous for the worship of Anubis , a word which is supposed to signify a gilt horizon . This little town , commanded by a cachef , suf- fered much during the siege it ...
... took us three days to reach Minyeh , the ancient Cynopolis ; it was famous for the worship of Anubis , a word which is supposed to signify a gilt horizon . This little town , commanded by a cachef , suf- fered much during the siege it ...
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... took part with the vic- tors , alternately . On the victory of Egospotamos , gained over the Athe- nians , by the Lacademonians , the Ephesians set up at Olympias the statues of Lysander and some other Spartan generals of inferior ...
... took part with the vic- tors , alternately . On the victory of Egospotamos , gained over the Athe- nians , by the Lacademonians , the Ephesians set up at Olympias the statues of Lysander and some other Spartan generals of inferior ...
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... took possession of it . The ancients frequently make mention of a kind of garlick ( echalote ) that grew in its neighbourhood . Origen takes notice of some wells there- abouts that , agreeably to tradition , had been dug by Abraham and ...
... took possession of it . The ancients frequently make mention of a kind of garlick ( echalote ) that grew in its neighbourhood . Origen takes notice of some wells there- abouts that , agreeably to tradition , had been dug by Abraham and ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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