New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals and Translations, Volume 4Sir R. Phillips and Company, 1820 - Voyages and travels |
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... feet , the waters which wash the bottom of the winding basin , supplied by the Cydaris , are so many proofs of these places being little frequented , and not free from danger . To meet with habitations , you must penetrate the lateral ...
... feet , the waters which wash the bottom of the winding basin , supplied by the Cydaris , are so many proofs of these places being little frequented , and not free from danger . To meet with habitations , you must penetrate the lateral ...
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... feet wide , and the square pillar the same , so that with the two binders which connect the aqueduct with the high ground on each side , its length may be estimated at two hundred and seventy toises , or yards . Its height is twenty ...
... feet wide , and the square pillar the same , so that with the two binders which connect the aqueduct with the high ground on each side , its length may be estimated at two hundred and seventy toises , or yards . Its height is twenty ...
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... feet , for having permitted the crime to be consummated . This is the only case in which the confession of the culprit can- not be received as a proof , nor even as an inference . It makes marriage a religious duty , and legalizes ...
... feet , for having permitted the crime to be consummated . This is the only case in which the confession of the culprit can- not be received as a proof , nor even as an inference . It makes marriage a religious duty , and legalizes ...
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... feet high , six feet at the sides , with a quadrangular form . Detached from its base by four appen- dages in bronze , in correspondence with the solid angles , its fronts are replenished with hieroglyphics undefaced , and of a ...
... feet high , six feet at the sides , with a quadrangular form . Detached from its base by four appen- dages in bronze , in correspondence with the solid angles , its fronts are replenished with hieroglyphics undefaced , and of a ...
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... feet ; its mean diameter may be stated at thirteen inches . It does not appear to advantage , fixed between two obelisks that over- whelm it under their gigantic dimensions . The walled pyra- mid , that was a boundary to the western ...
... feet ; its mean diameter may be stated at thirteen inches . It does not appear to advantage , fixed between two obelisks that over- whelm it under their gigantic dimensions . The walled pyra- mid , that was a boundary to the western ...
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