A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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Page 10
... built of bamboo and rough timber , and raised on posts , to secure them from inundations . A good deal of trade is carried on with Singapore , Batavia , Bengal , & c . Owing to a bar at the mouth of the river , none but small vessels ...
... built of bamboo and rough timber , and raised on posts , to secure them from inundations . A good deal of trade is carried on with Singapore , Batavia , Bengal , & c . Owing to a bar at the mouth of the river , none but small vessels ...
Page 45
... built handsome town . Streets generally well paved , wide , and clean . It has a beautiful public promenade , and some good squares ornamented with fountains . A side of one of the squares is formed by what is called the Palais , an old ...
... built handsome town . Streets generally well paved , wide , and clean . It has a beautiful public promenade , and some good squares ornamented with fountains . A side of one of the squares is formed by what is called the Palais , an old ...
Page 48
... built of wood , has tanneries , a glass work , and a considerable trade in corn . ALAYA ( an . Coracesium ) , a sea - port town of Turkey in Asia , Anatolia , cap . sanjiack of the same name , on the E. side of a lofty promontory , lat ...
... built of wood , has tanneries , a glass work , and a considerable trade in corn . ALAYA ( an . Coracesium ) , a sea - port town of Turkey in Asia , Anatolia , cap . sanjiack of the same name , on the E. side of a lofty promontory , lat ...
Page 54
... built houses and made gardens , which serve to beau- tify and give interest to the neighbourhood ; but the great architect in this way is Ibrahim Pacha , the son of Mo- hammed Aly , whose garden is destined to become very shortly the ...
... built houses and made gardens , which serve to beau- tify and give interest to the neighbourhood ; but the great architect in this way is Ibrahim Pacha , the son of Mo- hammed Aly , whose garden is destined to become very shortly the ...
Page 65
... built in imitation of the monument of Lysicrates at Athens , and consists of a triangular basement , on which rises a peri- style , of 9 Corinthian columns , 30 feet in height , support- ing a cupola , surmounted by a gilt tripod . It ...
... built in imitation of the monument of Lysicrates at Athens , and consists of a triangular basement , on which rises a peri- style , of 9 Corinthian columns , 30 feet in height , support- ing a cupola , surmounted by a gilt tripod . It ...
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