Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or A Dictionary Of Arts, Sciences, And Miscellaneous Literature; Enlarged And Improved: A-Ame, Том 1Archibald Constable, 1817 - 1817 стор. |
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... Herodotus him- * Jamblich . felf feems to fcruple to relate them . He tells us on- Vita Py- lyf , that this barbarian was faid to have travelled thag . with an arrow , and to have taken no fuftenance : but † Lib . iv . this does not ...
... Herodotus him- * Jamblich . felf feems to fcruple to relate them . He tells us on- Vita Py- lyf , that this barbarian was faid to have travelled thag . with an arrow , and to have taken no fuftenance : but † Lib . iv . this does not ...
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... Herodotus , was attempted to be laid by Timefius the Clazomenian ; but he was forced by the Thracians to quit the defign . The Teians undertook it and fucceeded , and fettled in this place , in order to avoid the infults and oppreflion ...
... Herodotus , was attempted to be laid by Timefius the Clazomenian ; but he was forced by the Thracians to quit the defign . The Teians undertook it and fucceeded , and fettled in this place , in order to avoid the infults and oppreflion ...
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... ( Herodotus , Virgil ; ) and for the loves of Leander and Hero , ( Mufæus , Ovid ; ) celebrated alfo for its oyfters ( Ennius , Virgil ) . The inhabitants were a foft effeminate people , given much to detraction ; hence the proverb , Ne ...
... ( Herodotus , Virgil ; ) and for the loves of Leander and Hero , ( Mufæus , Ovid ; ) celebrated alfo for its oyfters ( Ennius , Virgil ) . The inhabitants were a foft effeminate people , given much to detraction ; hence the proverb , Ne ...
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... Herodotus , they pursued the ftudy of aftronomy in very early ages with great fuccefs . Mr Bruce gives two reafons for Meroe why their building this city in the low country , after having founded . built Axum in the mountainous part of ...
... Herodotus , they pursued the ftudy of aftronomy in very early ages with great fuccefs . Mr Bruce gives two reafons for Meroe why their building this city in the low country , after having founded . built Axum in the mountainous part of ...
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... Herodotus and Strabo ; and therefore better agrees with what our Savour has faid of the queen of Sheba , that fhe came from the uttermoft parts of the earth , ' than Arabia . Nor can it be deem- ed a fufficient reply to this argument ...
... Herodotus and Strabo ; and therefore better agrees with what our Savour has faid of the queen of Sheba , that fhe came from the uttermoft parts of the earth , ' than Arabia . Nor can it be deem- ed a fufficient reply to this argument ...
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