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... river Granicus . They again assembled four hundred thousand foot and one hundred thousand horse , to oppose him near the town of Issus ; but were again defeated , with the loss of one hundred and twenty thousand men . Although they ...
... river Granicus . They again assembled four hundred thousand foot and one hundred thousand horse , to oppose him near the town of Issus ; but were again defeated , with the loss of one hundred and twenty thousand men . Although they ...
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... river Wolga ( which flows on the eastern side of Russia ) enters this sea , we find the city of Astracan ; which is of considerable size , and contains seventy thousand inhabitants . It was once the centre of all the commerce from India ...
... river Wolga ( which flows on the eastern side of Russia ) enters this sea , we find the city of Astracan ; which is of considerable size , and contains seventy thousand inhabitants . It was once the centre of all the commerce from India ...
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... river , in which they place the sufferers , with a small quantity of food , not troubling themselves to look after them any more of course the poor creatures lan- guish and die , of disease or of hunger , in a slow , painful , and ...
... river , in which they place the sufferers , with a small quantity of food , not troubling themselves to look after them any more of course the poor creatures lan- guish and die , of disease or of hunger , in a slow , painful , and ...
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... rivers are hung with these ornaments , and even the shores of the sea glitter in the same manner . They shine in the courts of the great , and scarcely is the window of the poorest house destitute of one or more . Rich people will spend ...
... rivers are hung with these ornaments , and even the shores of the sea glitter in the same manner . They shine in the courts of the great , and scarcely is the window of the poorest house destitute of one or more . Rich people will spend ...
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... rivers , and many of them on high posts , so that they must be ascended by ladders ; this part of the country being inundated nearly half the year , when all intercourse is carried on by boats . The sea coasts are under the dominion of ...
... rivers , and many of them on high posts , so that they must be ascended by ladders ; this part of the country being inundated nearly half the year , when all intercourse is carried on by boats . The sea coasts are under the dominion of ...
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84 engravings Abba Thulle abounds Aleppo ancient animals appear Arabia Arabs Asia Minor Bajazet Bashkir beast beautiful Bedoweens Black Sea Borneo built burning called caravan Caravanserai chief China Chinese Christian Circassian coloured.-2d edition colours commerce creature dead desert dominion EASTERN ISLANDS elephant Emperor England erected famous feet fire Further India grand ground half bound HARRIS AND SON HOLY LAND horse houses hundred idol ignorant infested inhabitants Jaggernaut Jenghis Khan Jerusalem Jews Judea king Lee Boo LITTLE TARRY-AT-HOME TRAVELLERS live middle miles mountain Naptha nations natives neighbour once Persia persons Petrarch plain possess prey pride priests prince principal Published Jan religion river river Jordan ruins Samoyeds Saviour shore Siberia silk sometimes sort spot streets superstition supposed Syria Tamerlane Tartar tell temple thing thousand tiger tion Tonquin tree tribes Troy Turks Tyre vessel whilst wild wonderful worship
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Page 59 - ... shall tell the truth." On the contrary, it is related that when Petrarch, an Italian poet, a man of strict integrity, was summoned as a witness, and offered in the usual manner to take an oath before a court of 'justice, the judge closed the book, saying, "As to you, Petrarch, уинг WORD is sufficient.
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Page 60 - ... Cardinal closed the book, saying, " as to you, Petrarch, your WORD is sufficient." From the story of Petrarch we may learn how great respect is paid to those whose character for truth is established; and from the reply of Aristotle, the folly as well as wickedness of lying...
Page v - ... advantage and pleasure. To render this small System as useful as may be, great care has been taken, to express every idea with perspicuity, and at the same time with the utmost brevity. . . . A quotation from Davidson's verse makes quickly evident its doggerel quality: A going, a going, we'll set off in style, The wonders of Asia to see; We'll take our farewell of Old England awhile, And give a good jump o'er the sea. O'er Europe we've wandered, so won't go again, But skip to the Black Sea in...