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Page 161
The difficulty of approach to the princes and great men of the East , is a
circumstance remarked by all modern travellers . The act of spitting , in the East ,
is niuch more detestable than we have any conception of . The Arabs never spit
before ...
The difficulty of approach to the princes and great men of the East , is a
circumstance remarked by all modern travellers . The act of spitting , in the East ,
is niuch more detestable than we have any conception of . The Arabs never spit
before ...
Page 213
T . * It is greatly to be lamented that no traveller has found the particular site of the
Panionium , where Dr . Chandler had not time to copy an inscription , which might
have conveyed some information , ( Travels in Asia Minor , p . 158 , ) and to ...
T . * It is greatly to be lamented that no traveller has found the particular site of the
Panionium , where Dr . Chandler had not time to copy an inscription , which might
have conveyed some information , ( Travels in Asia Minor , p . 158 , ) and to ...
Page 242
D ' Anville treats Otter as an illiterate traveller , who never thought about Babylon
for want of having been told of it ; yet Gibbon ranks him with Tavernier and
Niebuhr , the most useful of modern travellers in these tracts . But to be
thoroughly ...
D ' Anville treats Otter as an illiterate traveller , who never thought about Babylon
for want of having been told of it ; yet Gibbon ranks him with Tavernier and
Niebuhr , the most useful of modern travellers in these tracts . But to be
thoroughly ...
Page 296
The majority of travellers inform us , that upon an average , the water usually
rises every year to the height of twentytwo cubits . In 1702 it rose to twenty - three
cubits four inches ; in the year preceding it rose to twenty - two cubits eighteen ...
The majority of travellers inform us , that upon an average , the water usually
rises every year to the height of twentytwo cubits . In 1702 it rose to twenty - three
cubits four inches ; in the year preceding it rose to twenty - two cubits eighteen ...
Page 302
Since the first edition of this work appeared , this place has been explored by
multitudes of curious travellers , and it would be easy from the works of Brenne ,
Sonnini , and crowds of French writers , to fill many pages with curious particulars
...
Since the first edition of this work appeared , this place has been explored by
multitudes of curious travellers , and it would be easy from the works of Brenne ,
Sonnini , and crowds of French writers , to fill many pages with curious particulars
...
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Page 138 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain! The master saw the madness rise, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heaven and earth defied Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and...
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| Title | Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe, Volume 1 Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe, William Beloe |
| Author | Herodotus |
| Translated by | William Beloe |
| Edition | 3 |
| Published | 1812 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 May 2007 |
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