The Geography System of Herodotus Examined and Explained, by a Comparison with Those of Other Ancient Authors, and with Modern Geography ...C.J.G. & F. Rivington, 1830 |
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... remarked , that Busiris stood in the middle of the Delta , in which position its supposed remains are now found . It is remarked , in the course of the work , that , as the coast of the Delta advances into deeper water , its progress ...
... remarked , that Busiris stood in the middle of the Delta , in which position its supposed remains are now found . It is remarked , in the course of the work , that , as the coast of the Delta advances into deeper water , its progress ...
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... him by one who believed that the earth was globular , but could not persuade Herodotus that it was so . And we have already remarked that he says , " I cannot but think it exceedingly ridiculous 10 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS .
... him by one who believed that the earth was globular , but could not persuade Herodotus that it was so . And we have already remarked that he says , " I cannot but think it exceedingly ridiculous 10 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS .
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... remarked , that succeeding geographers , down to Pliny inclusive , ran into the same kind of error , and even to a greater degree : for instance , the Europe of Eratosthenes and Strabo , exceeded in their ideas , the parts of Asia known ...
... remarked , that succeeding geographers , down to Pliny inclusive , ran into the same kind of error , and even to a greater degree : for instance , the Europe of Eratosthenes and Strabo , exceeded in their ideas , the parts of Asia known ...
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... remarked on this occa- sion , that comparisons between itinerary measures of different countries , have commonly been made in- accurately , even by persons , from whom accuracy might have been expected . Fractions occur , and these are ...
... remarked on this occa- sion , that comparisons between itinerary measures of different countries , have commonly been made in- accurately , even by persons , from whom accuracy might have been expected . Fractions occur , and these are ...
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... remarking ( having ourselves witnessed a sa- crifice of this kind in India , ) how many points of resemblance there are between what we saw , and the mode described by He- rodotus . It may be added , that there occurs in Diodorus , a de ...
... remarking ( having ourselves witnessed a sa- crifice of this kind in India , ) how many points of resemblance there are between what we saw , and the mode described by He- rodotus . It may be added , that there occurs in Diodorus , a de ...
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Страница 527 - And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
Страница 514 - In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbeth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
Страница 490 - For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion, 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Страница 526 - And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths : none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
Страница 470 - Belus230 occupies the other, whose huge gates of brass may still be seen. It is a square building, each side of which is of the length of two furlongs. . In the midst a tower rises, of the solid depth and height of one furlong; upon which, resting as a base, seven other turrets are built in regular succesion. The ascent is on the outside, whichf> winding from the ground, is continued to the highest tower; and in the middle of the whole structure there is a convenient resting-place.
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Страница 193 - I cannot but think it exceedingly ridiculous to hear some men talk of the circumference of the earth, pretending, without the smallest reason or probability, that the ocean encompasses the earth ; that the earth is round, as if mechanically formed so ; and that Asia is equal to Europe.