New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals and Translations, Volume 4Sir R. Phillips and Company, 1820 - Voyages and travels |
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... course , to be more metaphoric than the Greek . We , who are soon tired with metaphor , uninterrupted and unexplained by common sense , cannot be competent judges on this subject . It being , moreover , a kind of conventional language ...
... course , to be more metaphoric than the Greek . We , who are soon tired with metaphor , uninterrupted and unexplained by common sense , cannot be competent judges on this subject . It being , moreover , a kind of conventional language ...
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... course , are turned into a subterraneous canal , which takes a direction across the forest . The overplus is taken off by a flood - gate , in the middle of the reservoir . Far- ther on , in another solitude , equally delightful , is a ...
... course , are turned into a subterraneous canal , which takes a direction across the forest . The overplus is taken off by a flood - gate , in the middle of the reservoir . Far- ther on , in another solitude , equally delightful , is a ...
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... course under the shade of the alder and the willow ; upon one of the rising grounds , the village of Pirgos , whose nume- rous houses , promiscuously built , add to the picturesque of the landscape . On the opposite side are seen ...
... course under the shade of the alder and the willow ; upon one of the rising grounds , the village of Pirgos , whose nume- rous houses , promiscuously built , add to the picturesque of the landscape . On the opposite side are seen ...
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... course of these subterraneous canals from their numerous points of departure to those of their junction , very often difficult to discover , and by guessing the real use of these immense reservoirs , which had been totally misunderstood ...
... course of these subterraneous canals from their numerous points of departure to those of their junction , very often difficult to discover , and by guessing the real use of these immense reservoirs , which had been totally misunderstood ...
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... course much superior to many others , whose founders were not so illustrious . It contains about three thousand volumes , which will appear a very small number for a maximum , especially when we compare it with our immense treasures ...
... course much superior to many others , whose founders were not so illustrious . It contains about three thousand volumes , which will appear a very small number for a maximum , especially when we compare it with our immense treasures ...
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